US orders restrictions on Victorian poultry after bird flu outbreak, but industry expects limited impact

More than 500,000 chickens from two farms in Meredith and Terang have been culled after detection of H7N3 cases

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New restrictions on Victorian poultry and poultry by-products entering the US will have limited impact on the local industry, a peak group says.

The order was prompted by an avian influenza outbreak on two farms in Victoria’s south-west operated by Avgo and Surf Coast Eggs Farms.