[ndt]

"Instead, the department would allow China to process poultry slaughtered in the U.S. or other countries from which the U.S. accepts poultry."

This really is a separate issue from contamination from water irrigation which was what I was addressing.

The problem with this would be if Asian birds were passed off as birds that were only processed in Asia. Even then, there would only be a problem in regards to raw meat.

If the chickens were in fact raised and slaughtered in the U.S. and only processed in China, the risk of bird flu is 0%. Dead birds, like dead people, don't get the flu.

As for processed meats (i.e. cooked, canned etc) again, the risk of bird flu is 0%, even if those birds we in fact infected. The flu is not like mad cow disease, it would not survive canning process.

[BlackbirdSST]

This really is a separate issue from contamination from water irrigation which was what I was addressing. The problem with this would be if Asian birds were passed off as birds that were only processed in Asia. Even then, there would only be a problem in regards to raw meat. If the chickens were in fact raised and slaughtered in the U.S. and only processed in China, the risk of bird flu is 0%. Dead birds, like dead people, don't get the flu. As for processed meats (i.e. cooked, canned etc) again, the risk of bird flu is 0%, even if those birds we in fact infected. The flu is not like mad cow disease, it would not survive canning process.

Uhhhhuh, you can have my share! Blackbird.