21-05-2025
World Crazy for Chicken Is Suddenly Losing Its Biggest Supplier
The detection of bird flu in a single poultry farm in southern Brazil is reverberating around the world, depriving buyers from China to Europe of the chicken they're increasingly voracious to consume.
Shipments to top destinations, which also include Mexico and South Korea, have been suspended as the world's largest chicken exporter seeks to stop the deadly H5N1 strain from spreading. The bans have so far shut down markets accounting for more than $4 billion a year in export revenues, or 40% of the total, according to government data.
