The Department of Agriculture (DA) has lifted a temporary ban on importation of poultry and other poultry products from Canada and Turkey after confirmation by global animal health authorities that these countries were already free from bird flu virus.

In a report submitted to the Office International des Epizooties (OIE), Dr. Martine Dubuc, chief food safety officer of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, said the highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak in the country has been put under control.

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