FOSTER FARMS SAYS PREPAREDNESS IS KEY TO PREVENTING AI Stringent
biosecurity measures in place to keep disease from infecting
flocks LIVINGSTON, Calif. – Comprehensive disease prevention
practices established over the years are the most effective ways
to prevent avian influenza from infecting commercial poultry,
according to Foster Farms, the West Coast’s leading poultry
producer. In light of recent reports from the World Health
Organization, U.S. Health and Human Services and the United
Nations that bird migrations in the spring will almost certainly
result in discoveries of AI among wild birds in the Western
Hemisphere, the company believes there is confusion among
consumers about Avian Influenza’s potential impact on bird
health, human health and on food safety. There has never been an
identification of H5N1 AI anywhere in the US, and never at
Foster Farms. Foster Farms, as the West’s leading poultry
producer, is committed to doing everything responsible and
necessary to prevent avian influenza from infect