The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is advising Canadians not to purchase poultry from certain U.S. regions this Thanksgiving due to avian influenza outbreaks.
According to the CFIA, live birds, bird products, and by-products are barred from being brought over the border if they come from certain states because of a “highly pathogenic” outbreak of bird flu, or H5N1.
Although the virus is lethal for birds and spreads quickly, it is rare for humans to contract the virus. Only one human infection has been detected in the U.S.
Twenty-one states have declared an outbreak, including all states bordering Canada other than New Hampshire, Vermont, and Alaska….