Universal farm, based in Edgewood, is trying to overturn an order to cull more than 400 birds, after a highly pathogenic avian flu was detected there last December. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency ordered the cull as part of a stamping out policy to deal with the disease, which has infected more than 8 million birds in BC. The farm has argued that the avian flu hasn't been detected on the farm for months, and that the birds should be tested. In May, a judicial review backed the CFIA. And now Universal Farm has taken that to the court of appeal. The Federal Court of Appeal has reserved its decision, saying it will be released in writing at a later time.
