Foster Farms has released the following information.
Foster Farmers maintains an ongoing early detection program for avian influenza as part of its stringent testing and biosecurity program.
As part of this surveillance, Foster Farms determined the presence of avian influenza in a single, rural turkey ranch in Stanislaus County.
The company informed the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
According to USDA policy, the ranch was quarantined and will be humanely depopulated by the USDA and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to prevent introduction to migratory and commercial flocks.
No poultry products in the marketplace are impacted. While the disease presents a risk to avian species, the USDA said, “There is no public health concern.”
