esting has confirmed additional cases of infectious salmon anaemia at a commercial aquaculture facility in Nova Scotia, as first reported on March 7.
As a result, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency will continue to order the humane destruction and disposal of infected fish.
Infectious salmon anaemia poses no risk to human health or food safety.
The Agency will monitor and test the remaining fish at the facility, and fish will be ordered destroyed if additional cases of infectious salmon anaemia are found.
The facility will remain under quarantine until all fish have been removed from the site and all pens, cages and equipment have been cleaned and disinfected. This process could take months to complete.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency continues to benefit from the full cooperation and support of the facility's owner.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has confirmed infectious salmon anaemia at a commercial aquaculture facility in Nova Scotia.
A quarantine remains on the facility to control movements of people, vessels, equipment and fish onto or off of the site. As a precautionary disease control measure, the owner of the facility chose to euthanize two pens containing affected salmon when the disease was first suspected. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency will now order a third cage of salmon to be humanely destroyed and disposed of, with compensation paid to the owner.
