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

Published 2021년 1월 26일

Tridge summary

South Korea is experiencing a surge in meat imports due to soaring prices of poultry meat, duck meat, and eggs caused by a severe bird flu epidemic. The epidemic, highlighted by the discovery of the highly pathogenic avian influenza strain H5N8 on a duck breeding farm in Jeolla Namdo, has led to the destruction of poultry in farms within a 3-kilometer radius of the outbreak. Since fall 2020, the epidemic has resulted in 73 outbreaks, killing approximately 22 million poultry. This has caused a significant price increase for eggs (27%), chicken meat (14.9%), and duck meat (41.6%) year on year.

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Original content

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 ...

Source: Meatinform