# Voluntary announcement: Rainbow - Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza outbreak communication - RCL Foods Limited (JSE:RCL) - Listcorp.

> RCL Foods disclosed that its Rainbow business has been hit by highly pathogenic avian influenza at 11 of 19 sites in its Inland region. An estimated 410,000 birds have been culled, with a financial impact of R115 million, and supply chain tension is expected.

- Date: 2023-09-28 · published 2023-09-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region South Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/34099-voluntary-announcement-rainbow-highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza-outbreak
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Losses at a large integrated producer tighten South African poultry supply and reinforce expectations of higher chicken prices, which affects local demand for feed ingredients.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- listcorp.com: https://www.listcorp.com/jse/rcl/rcl-foods-limited/news/voluntary-announcement-rainbow-highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza-outbreak-communication-2932278.html

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