Article 66AF3 UK faces ‘big, big shortages’ of free-range Christmas poultry

UK faces ‘big, big shortages’ of free-range Christmas poultry

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Joanna Partridge
from Environment | The Guardian on (#66AF3)

Half of free-range turkeys and geese grown for festive period have died or been culled due to bird flu, MPs told

Half of the free-range poultry grown for Christmas in the UK have died or been culled because of the bird flu epidemic, an industry leader has told MPs.

The British Poultry Council chief executive, Richard Griffiths, told the environment, food and rural affairs committee on Tuesday that free-range poultry had been hit very, very hard".

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