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Grand Island board suspends routine farm inspections amid avian influenza concerns
Summary
At a town workshop, board members directed code enforcement to suspend routine inspections of noncommercial farms except for complaint-driven visits, approving a six-month moratorium to be reviewed before it expires.
Grand Island Town Board members voted at a workshop to suspend routine inspections of small farms and backyard flocks for six months, except when an inspection is prompted by a complaint or where biosecurity measures can be used.
The board acted after members and agricultural advisers described the current outbreak of avian influenza and cited guidance from federal, state and county health agencies urging restrictions on nonessential access to farms and heightened biosecurity.
The move will direct the town’s code enforcement office to halt recurring inspection visits to nonfarm visitors and to limit site visits to…
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