# Chicken prices crash across Kolkata on rotten meat scare

> Dressed chicken prices fell sharply across Kolkata's municipal markets after carcass-meat and dead-chicken scares. Vendors cut prices and required whole-bird purchases amid reduced demand.

- Date: 2018-07-01 · published 2018-07-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region India · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/64661-chicken-prices-crash-across-kolkata-on-rotten-meat-scare
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

This is a local demand shock from food-safety fears, with limited direct effect on global feed grain or meal prices.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bearish ▼

## Sources

- timesofindia.indiatimes.com: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/chicken-prices-crash-across-city-on-rotten-meat-scare/articleshow/64421682.cms

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