Georgia officials say they have ended restrictions on poultry producers that were imposed on March 16 after the first confirmation of avian influenza in chickens at a commercial poultry breeding operation in Chattanooga County.

State veterinarian Robert M. Cobb Jr. said in a news release that effective immediately, all poultry exhibitions, shows, sales, swaps and meets in the State of Georgia are permitted to return back to normal operation.  No infected birds entered the food chain or the food supply.