British short of chicken after heatwave

It wasn’t just people who sweltered in the recent heatwave in Britain, with reports that mortality rates in broiler houses shot up in line with the higher temperatures, which peaked at over 40°C. With a fragile and just-in-time supply chain, word is that it has left some of the big UK retailers scrambling to secure poultrymeat supplies.

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