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France to cull millions of poultry due to AI
FRANCE will slaugh- ter several million poultry birds in the sec- ond mass cull of flocks as the country tries to contain outbreaks of avian influenza, the country’s agriculture ministry said recently.
The authorities had slaughtered 1.2 million birds in the region to date and were expected to cull another 3 mil- lion, as they adopted the same strategy as the southwest by emptying poultry farms in areas near outbreaks.
not be passed on to hu- mans through the eat- ing of poultry products, though there have been occasional cases of hu- mans catching strains of the disease.
After a wave of cases in the southwest led to the culling of around 4 million animals, the ministry said the disease had spread rapidly since February in the Pays de la Loire region, another major poultry zone fur- ther up France's west coast.
Avian influenza is of- ten carried by wild birds in autumn and winter.
KFC parent Yum halts in Russia
The highly contagious H5N1 strain has spread quickly in Europe in re- cent months, prompting massive culls in several countries.
YUM Brands Inc, the parent company of fried chicken chain KFC, said it was pausing invest- ment in Russia, a key market that helped the brand achieve record de- velopment last year.
least 1000 KFC and 50 Pizza Hut locations in Russia that are nearly all independent franchisees – said in a post on its website recently that it had “suspended all in- vestment and restaurant development in Russia while we continue to as- sess additional options.”
and operational risks. Executives said during an earnings call on Feb- ruary 9 that 2021 was a record year of develop- ment for KFC, led by new restaurants opening in
begun to pull their busi- ness out of Russia amid sanctions and outrage over the invasion of Ukraine.
Avian influenza can-
Avian influenza out- breaks have added to pressure on poultry pro- ducers who are facing a jump in feed costs due to record grain prices, partly linked to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
China, India and Russia. Overall, KFC opened more than 2400 gross units internationally in
Calls for more compa- nies to follow suit are growing.
As the Pays de la Loire region is a major supplier of chicks, the authorities will grant an exemption to allow reproduction farms in high-risk zones to continue supplying the rest of the country, notably the southwest that is about to resume breeding after its avian influenza lockdown.
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Yum also said it was suspending operations of its 70 KFC company- owned restaurants in the country and finalising an agreement to suspend all Pizza Hut restaurant operations in Russia, in partnership with its mas- ter franchisee.
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