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ABBOTSFORD – A coordinated, aggressive strategy will support the rapid completion of the depopulation and disposal of poultry and waste materials in the Fraser Valley in a manner that protects human and animal health and the environment. The strategy is expected to virtually eliminate the possibility of needing to dispose of avian influenza infected chickens in landfills.
All parties are committed to supporting CFIA with an intensive strategy of depopulation of positive farms, and of farms in a one-kilometre radius from them. The carcasses will be disposed of with biological heat treatment, either on the farms themselves or at nearby centralized facilities. Using biological heat treatment followed by composting will destroy the virus and minimize the need for use of incineration and landfill disposal options.
As announced earlier today, all necessary resources from the Provincial Emergency Program will be deployed to ensure success.
Flocks that are found not to be infected will either go to commercial slaughter (market-ready birds) or rendering.
The provincial and federal governments are undertaking detailed planning across a range of issues including testing protocols and capacity, manpower, equipment availability, identification of sites for centralized composting, occupational health requirements and cost-sharing arrangements.
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