China, an important U.S. trade partner for the U.S. poultry industry, has once again shut off imports following the discovery of avian influenza in backyard poultry and wild birds in the Pacific Northwest. This move surprised the U.S. poultry industry because the H5N8 virus detections uncovered in backyard hens in Oregon along with wild birds in Washington State and California last month did not involve commercial poultry farms.