'He's in our hearts': Family and friends still seek answers one year after Nathan Wise’s disappearance
It’s been a year since Nathan Wise went missing and his family is no closer to finding out what happened to him.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is advising Canadians not to go shopping for cross-border turkey deals this year due to avian influenza outbreaks.
In a press release issued Thursday, the agency said several states and provinces have outbreaks of bird flu or H5N1, a virus that spreads quickly among chickens, ducks, quail and other fowl, through close contact with infected birds or their excrement. It is almost always lethal for animals, but it is rare for humans to contract the virus.
Alberta farmers have seen a recent rise in the number of flu cases in their flocks, with the province reporting 1.1 million birds impacted as of Sept. 27. Across the U.S, 46.8 million birds have been affected.
"Due to the presence highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), the CFIA has restricted the importation of raw poultry and poultry products into Canada from states currently experiencing outbreaks," the release said.
Maine, New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Idaho and Washington have declared avian flu outbreaks.
If a turkey or poultry product is purchased in a state without an outbreak, a border control agent will need to see a receipt stating there is not an outbreak, the CFIA says.
"Those without proper documentation will have to surrender their poultry to Canada Border Services Officers for disposal, or return the item to the grocery store," CFIA said in the release.
As of Sept. 19, regardless of outbreak status, labelled, retail-packaged and fully cooked poultry products are allowed across the Canada-U.S border.
The release from the CFIA comes as Canadians prepare for a holiday weekend amid crippling inflation that has seen the cost of the traditional Thanksgiving dinner rise significantly this year.
According to data compiled by Dalhousie University's Agri-Food Analytics Lab, Thanksgiving dinner staples have increased by about 26 per cent compared to March 2020, and 22 per cent compared to this time last year.
Sylvain Charlebois, who teaches food policy at the university and is director of the lab, explained the avian outbreak has little to do with turkey prices.
"Most of the turkeys that will be bought this week are already harvested," Charlebois told CTVNews.ca on Monday.
Shoppers in Canada have seen the per-kilogram price of turkey increase by an average of 15 per cent since last year, and 22 per cent since March 2020, according to a September 2022 report from Dalhousie University's Agri-Food Analytics Lab.
In Windsor, Ont., a five- to seven-kilogram frozen whole Canadian turkey costs $22 at Walmart. Just across the border in a Detroit, Mich., Walmart, a 2.4 to 3.8-kilogram whole turkey breast costs USD $16.08 (CAD $22.03).
While Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving Day on Monday, Oct. 10, the U.S. holiday is not until Nov. 24, making price-comparisons a challenge right now.
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