Sylvain Charlebois: Let’s Talk Turkey About Avian Flu

If you plan to serve turkey dinner at Christmas, it’s better to buy the bird now

A Canadian Food Inspection Agency official decontaminates a truck prior to it leaving a farm in Abbotsford, B.C., where geese and ducks were slaughtered due to having been exposed to the deadly H5 strain of the avian flu, on May 12, 2004. CP Photo/Richard Lam

Commentary

Avian flu certainly deserves more media attention. The avian flu currently impacting our poultry sector has become a real problem. Unlike previous strains, the current bird flu has spread across Canada, raising fears that it could become endemic in wild birds, no less. A nightmare.