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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Tom Levitt

Fears of Christmas goose shortages as UK’s biggest producer hit by bird flu

Traditional Christmas goose dinner with apples, Brussels sprouts and pudding
About 250,000 geese are eaten every Christmas across Britain. Photograph: GMVozd/Getty Images

Shoppers could face shortages of British goose this Christmas after the UK’s biggest producer is understood to have been hit by multiple bird flu outbreaks.

The UK has suffered what officials have said is the “largest ever outbreak of avian flu” over the past year, with more than 140 reported outbreaks in England alone.

The situation is particularly acute in Norfolk and Suffolk after 14 outbreaks in the past month alone.

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