Chicken

A stink over flies is pushing Malaysia’s poultry farms to pack up and relocate

A worker pours chicken feed into containers for the live broiler chickens in the “open system farming” coop of the poultry farm in Johor on May 2022.

Why electric stunning of chickens at a Selangor slaughterhouse triggered halal concerns

A raid on a chicken slaughterhouse in Selangor raised questions over enforcement and consumer confidence in Malaysia’s halal industry.

Beirut's $13 chicken sandwich becomes symbol of Lebanon divide

A person eats a chicken taouk sandwich at Glow Paradise restaurant in Beirut, Lebanon, October 16, 2026. REUTERS/Emilie Madi

Brazil halts poultry shipments to Malaysia and China after disease outbreak

A poultry farm – with lime for disinfection – where an outbreak of Newcastle disease in turkeys was detected, in Nova Itaberaba, in Brazil’s Santa Catarina state, on Oct 20.

Brazil’s Newcastle poultry outbreak unlikely to have major long-term impact, analysts say

Chickens for sale are seen in cages in a shop in Sao Paulo, Brazil August 18, 2017. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker/ File Photo

Mexico suspends imports of Brazilian chicken over outbreak of Newcastle disease

Brazilian authorities detected an outbreak of Newcastle disease on Oct 18 at a commercial farm in the south of Brazil and shut it down.

Brazil poultry exports face fresh threat after disease detected at MBRF supplier

The news risks hurting poultry sales for Brazil, as key importing countries have in the past restricted purchases after news of outbreaks.

Man jailed for offering bribe to site manager to illegally dump 10 lorries of chicken compost in Tuas

Kee Yuet Ting, 40, the director of KYT Transport, was sentenced to five days’ jail on Oct 15 after he pleaded guilty to a corruption charge.

Egg prices near record high in Japan amid rising feed costs

Rising production costs, including higher feed prices driven in part by tensions in the Middle East, are largely to blame.

KFC Japan, major sushi chain fear shortages after cyberattack

A system failure has caused delays in shipments of key ingredients, including chicken.

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