# Break in Avian flu infections by commercial flocks, but the future isn't known | Food Safety News

> Food Safety News reports no US commercial flock has been struck by H5N1 since April 18, 2023, after 58.7 million birds were depopulated in 2022-23. Outbreaks continue in Sweden, Poland, Germany and Denmark, and the virus has spread from birds to some mammals.

- Date: 2023-08-11 · published 2023-08-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/34578-break-in-avian-flu-infections-by-commercial-flocks-but-the-future-isn-t-known
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

The commercial break lowers near-term supply risk for poultry and feed demand, but continued outbreaks abroad and mammal spread keep the risk premium from fully disappearing.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: neutral

## Sources

- foodsafetynews.com: https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/08/break-in-avian-flu-infections-by-commercial-flocks-but-the-future-isnt-known/

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