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Ag clashes with labor groups over worker protections from bird flu

Cal/OSHA hears policy recommendations on zoonotic disease standards.

03/26/25 7:05 AM By Chloe Lovejoy

Agricultural interests are trying to steer California regulators away from treating bird flu like the next COVID-19 pandemic when it comes to farmworker protections. 

KEYWORDS bird flu Cal/OSHA California Department of Food and Agriculture California Department of Public Health Centers for Disease Control Valley Vision
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Chloe Lovejoy
Associate Editor, Agri-Pulse West