Going cold turkey for Christmas


PETALING JAYA: Christmas is not looking very merry this year with an acute shortage of halal turkey expected in December.

The avian flu is hitting imports from the United States while a temporary suspension of imports of a certain kind of turkey has also taken a toll on the market supply.

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