# Weekly poultry digest: Japan struggles with H5N8 and Chick-Fil-A sues suppliers
						 | The Poultry Site

> Japan has expanded its H5N8 bird flu culls to two more prefectures, with eight of 47 prefectures now affected and 2.36 million birds culled before the latest outbreaks. The government has called for nationwide disinfection, and France confirmed its first farm-level H5N8 case. Chick-Fil-A's price-fixing lawsuit is also covered.

- Date: 2020-12-11 · published 2020-12-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Japan · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/49814-weekly-poultry-digest-japan-struggles-with-h5n8-and-chick-fil-a-sues-suppliers
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Culls reduce poultry supply in Asia and Europe, which supports chicken prices and feed demand in affected markets.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- thepoultrysite.com: https://www.thepoultrysite.com/articles/weekly-poultry-digest-japan-struggles-with-h5n8-and-chick-fil-a-sues-suppliers

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