I doubt there are very many Canadians still down south. BUT if you plan on buying any poultry before you return to Canada it will be confiscated. I know this as they took over $25 worth of Costco chicken breasts from me yesterday. All of this due to an outbreak of avian flu in US chickens. At first it was only when you passed through a few states. Now it is a lot of the crossings. Eggs, turkey and chicken are affected. Fresh or frozen. I was told that cooked is OK . I am now stuck with paying ridiculous prices to support the protectionist Chicken Marketing Boards!Moisheh

Which border crossing? There are several poultry farms in S.W. Ontario under quarantine at the current time due to avian flu.

Two bird flu strains have been discovered in the United States this year. The H5N2 strain is in Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington and Wisconsin. It has also been identified on farms in Ontario, Canada.The H5N8 strain has been identified in California and also in Idaho, U.S. Department of Agriculture data showed.In Minnesota alone 2.6 million birds infected.Iowa, the top U.S. egg-producing state, said on Monday that a lethal strain of bird flu had been found in hens at an egg-laying facility near the city of Harris run by Sunrise Farms. The company said the facility houses 3.8 million hens. On Tuesday, Mexico, the biggest buyer of U.S. chicken, halted imports of live birds and eggs from Iowa.Price of chicken/turkey and eggs will go way up this year.

Wow, that is interesting news. I wonder if you could have crossed back into the US, then cooked the chicken, and then returned a few hours later? Baking it would only take a hour or so.Fred.

So how much more was the same chicken in Canada?

Must be a regional thing. Bought several pounds of chicken yesterday in Plattsburgh, NY and no problem at the border. We even told the agent what we had.... Eric

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luckyd
Explorer
Apr 30, 2015
When we passed through customs we were asked if we had any chicken.
I said we had some frozen and were informed of the ban.
We were told to pull over to an area and check what state it came from.
All of ours was from California so we were allowed to bring it in.
Old-Biscuit
Explorer III
Apr 30, 2015
luckyd wrote:
When we passed through customs we were asked if we had any chicken.
I said we had some frozen and were informed of the ban.
We were told to pull over to an area and check what state it came from.
All of ours was from California so we were allowed to bring it in.

The CFIA (posted above) states California is included.

So did you pass thru customs prior to April 14 (date on notice) OR somebody didn't get the 'memo' :H
Alison_and_Neil
Explorer
Apr 30, 2015
Crossed on April 13 at Pacific crossing ?Since the pullover area was congested with RV's, the agent asked me to go back and get my eggs. So I did this at the booth and handed them over very delicately :)
mamestra
Explorer
Apr 30, 2015
When we crossed at Peace Arch on April 15 we had frozen chicken from Arizona as well as eggs from the same state. We phoned prior to crossing to check to see if we could bring chicken in from Arizona, we were told that we could. When we reached the border we asked and explained what we were told, we still lost the chicken and eggs the reason being was that we had travelled through states where the ban was in effect. I thought that they might error on the side of caution so I wasn't terrible surprised.
Tequila
Explorer
May 01, 2015
The US took it off me, crossing over from Mexico last month. It was frozen Cordon Bleus from Tyson, a US company. Only ever seen those in Mexico and they are the best ones I have ever tasted. Annoying.
moisheh
Explorer
May 02, 2015
Chicken from Mexico has NEVER been allowed. Once a product leaves the USA they consider it foreign. Go figure!

Moisheh

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