# Fears bird flu will drive meat inflation

> South Africa's Agbiz warned that avian flu, with H5N8 spreading across several provinces, could push up food inflation. Chicken carries a 14% weight in the food basket, and meat inflation reached 14.4% year on year in July, its highest since 2011. Culling of about 60,000 birds in the Western Cape was reported in August.

- Date: 2017-09-18 · published 2017-09-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region South Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/69100-fears-bird-flu-will-drive-meat-inflation
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Disease-driven losses in a major South African poultry market tighten local chicken supply and support domestic prices.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- iol.co.za: https://iol.co.za/business-report/companies/2017-09-18-fears-bird-flu-will-drive-meat-inflation/

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