The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has completed its "active operations" at the British Columbia ostrich farm where professional marksmen were used to cull the flock following an outbreak of avian flu, the agency said in a statement Thursday.

The carcasses of 314 ostriches have been disposed of through "deep burial" at a B.C. landfill along with eggs and other material, it said.

The site at Universal Ostrich Farms near the tiny community of Edgewood in southeastern B.C. remains under quarantine and permission is required to enter areas that are subject to biocontainment measures after last week's cull.

Every premises infected with highly pathogenic avian flu must follow a standardized path to resuming operations, the agency said, including cleaning and disinfection approved by the CFIA

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