New Ontario Cross-Border Food Restrictions
If you're planning a trip to Canada or Ontario's Sunset Country this summer from the United States you need to be aware of new food restrictions currently in effect. The highly pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has been discovered in many states in the USA. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has implemented measures to protect Canada's poultry resources from an outbreak of the Avian Flu.
Restrictions are products from the following states: Map of US States with Avian Flu as of April 14, 2015
Arkansas
California
Idaho
Iowa
Kansas
Minnesota
Missouri
Montana
North Dakota
Oregon
South Dakota
Washington
Wisconsin
Products restricted from these states are all raw poultry and all poultry products and by-products that are not fully cooked, including eggs and raw pet foods, sourced, processed, or packaged from the above states are under restriction until further notice. The last update was on April 14, 2015 and it seems like the ban may be a lengthy one
Examples of restricted items include:
Live birds and hatching eggs
Eggs, yolks, egg whites
Poultry meat (other than fully cooked, canned, commercially sterile meat products)
Raw pet foods containing poultry products
Feathers
Poultry manure and litter
Laboratory material containing poultry products/by-products