Canada has extended its ban on poultry/product imports to cover both California and Nevada as the Exotic Newcastle disease has now been found in both states.
Canada issued a 14-day ban on California poultry and poultry products on Dec. 31 and extended that ban and added poultry from Nevada to the list on Friday.
Canada has not gone the route of the European Union which has banned all U.S. poultry/product imports.
Canadian officials say there's no need to ban all U.S. poultry since U.S. East Coast is free of the disease. The Canadian government will lift its ban when U.S. officials can prove the disease has been eradicated. Already, some 1.7 million birds have been killed in California as officials try and eradicate the disease.