# Bird flu restrictions cost sector millions

> The British Poultry Council says avian flu restrictions have cost the UK poultry meat sector over £100M in the past two years. A lifting of the national housing ban on poultry took effect on April 13, as migratory bird risk eases, though a threat of recurrence remains.

- Date: 2017-04-12 · published 2017-04-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region UK · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71503-bird-flu-restrictions-cost-sector-millions
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Lifting housing orders restores free-range production and eases supply pressure in UK poultry, modestly reducing support for poultry prices and feed demand.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bearish ▼

## Sources

- foodmanufacture.co.uk: https://www.foodmanufacture.co.uk/Article/2017/04/13/Bird-flu-restrictions-cost-sector-millions/

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