Lansing, MI – The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Director has signed a ‘Determination of Extraordinary Emergency, HPAI Risk Reduction Response Order.’
This is aimed at protecting Michigan’s poultry and livestock industries from the ongoing threat of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza…commonly referred to as HPAI. The order goes into effect on Wednesday, May 8th, and applies to all dairy and commercial poultry facilities statewide.
The emergency order requires these, and other, measures to be taken. All Michigan dairy farms, as well as poultry operations considered commercial by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service must develop and implement several biosecurity practices, which can all be found online at //Michigan.gov/birdflu
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the Food and Drug Administration, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the commercial milk supply remains safe due to federal animal health requirements and pasteurization.
Federal experts continue to stress there is no concern about the safety of the commercial milk supply or that this circumstance poses any increased risk to consumer health.