Chicken prices in South Korea have risen by 15% due to bird flu

Demand for imports of meat, including poultry meat, from South Korea may increase in the near future. Due to the bird flu epidemic, chicken, duck meat and eggs have become significantly more expensive in the country. The latest case of highly pathogenic avian influenza strain H5N8 was found on a farm specializing in duck breeding in the South Korean province of Jeolla Namdo. This was reported by the Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of the country. The agency said that in connection with the detection of the source of infection in Cholla Namdo, on all farms located within a radius of 3 kilometers from the epicenter of the outbreak, all poultry will be destroyed. A total of 73 outbreaks ...