WASHINGTON — U.S. Reps. Sarah McBride (D-Del.) and Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) have introduced a piece of legislation to help protect poultry producers and strengthen U.S. agricultural biosecurity.
The “Supporting Avian Virus Eradication (SAVE) Our Poultry Act” is described as a “highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) high-priority research and extension area within the USDA.”
“The bill aims to strengthen biosecurity protocols and support research into effective prevention – safeguarding producers, the national food supply, and critical export markets,” McBride said in a release.
After Mike Puglisi, owner of Puglisi Egg Farms in Delaware, had a meeting with. . .
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