Turkeys From Some US Areas May Not Be Allowed Across Border, Say Canadian Officials

People shop for frozen turkeys at a U.S. grocery store in a file photo. Nam Y. Huh/AP Photo

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.