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Agriculture Roundup for Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Another Fraser Valley farm has been struck with the highly contagious avian flu in a year of severe infection.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said the virus was confirmed yesterday on a commercial poultry farm in Langley.

More than two-and-a-half million flocks have been infected this year in B.C.

While the virus affects birds, there is no evidence it can be passed to humans who consume poultry products.

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