# Housing order imminent to protect poultry from avian flu - Farmers Weekly

> Defra is preparing to announce a housing order that would require all outdoor UK poultry flocks to be kept indoors amid a growing avian influenza threat. The order follows an outbreak at a Northallerton turkey farm on 29 November and a GB-wide prevention zone imposed earlier in November.

- Date: 2020-12-02 · published 2020-12-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region UK · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/49661-housing-order-imminent-to-protect-poultry-from-avian-flu-farmers-weekly
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Housing orders prevent free-range flocks from being labelled free range and add costs for producers, potentially reducing outdoor production. Confinement increases disease risk management needs and may tighten UK egg and poultry supply.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- fwi.co.uk: https://www.fwi.co.uk/livestock/poultry/housing-order-imminent-to-protect-poultry-from-avian-flu

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