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By SeafoodSource staff
24 May, 2012 - A second salmon farm in British Columbia is now under an official quarantine over concerns about a virus.

Grieg Seafood announced last week it had voluntarily isolated a coho farm near Sechelt, B.C., after a routine test identified a “low-positive result” for the virus known as IHN.

The virus does not affect human health or food safety but poses a risk to aquatic animal health.

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