UK: In Great Britain, half of the turkeys that would be eaten at Christmas ended up slaughtered due to avian flu crisis
Goose Meat
Turkey Meat
United Kingdom
Published Nov 30, 2022
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Around half of Britain's free-range turkeys and geese raised for Christmas have died or been culled in the biggest outbreak of bird flu in the country's history, an industry chief said on Tuesday. Richard Griffiths, chief executive of the British Poultry Council, told lawmakers that British farmers typically produce 1.2 million to 1.3 million free-range birds for the festive period.
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LONDON, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Around half of Britain's free-range turkeys and geese raised for Christmas have died or been culled in the biggest outbreak of bird flu in the country's history, an industry chief said on Tuesday. -fair. Richard Griffiths, chief executive of the British Poultry Council, told lawmakers that British farmers typically produce 1.2 million to 1.3 million free-range birds for the festive period. “We saw around 600,000 of these free-range birds being directly affected,” he said. Giving evidence to Parliament's Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, Griffiths said that total UK Christmas turkey production is typically 8.5 to 9 million birds. Of ...
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