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Farming Today: Avian Flu; Campylobacter; British Sugar

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20/11/2014

Avian Flu; Campylobacter; British Sugar

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, Avian Flu; Campylobacter; British Sugar

The knock-on effects of avian flu in east Yorkshire and campylobacter in chicken.

Exploring the knock-on effects of avian flu in Yorkshire. Charlotte Smith hears from a free-range egg producer who can't move his produce because he is within the restriction zone.

The knock-on effects of avian flu in East Yorkshire: Charlotte Smith hears from a free range egg producer who cannot move his produce because he's within the restriction zone.

Also campylobacter. Why don't British supermarkets remove chicken infected by this bacteria from their shelves? We hear from the British Poultry Council, and the British Retail Consortium.

All this week Farming Today is looking at the sugar beet industry. In this programme we hear from British Sugar whose four factories are supplied by 3,500 farmers, producing nearly 8 million tonnes of sugar.

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