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The Latest Breaking News from Avara

Industrial chicken producer hits out over Wye and Usk river pollution claim

Lawyers for Avara Foods and Freemans of Newent say legal claim backed by 1,300 people is ‘entirely inferential’

The Guardian - UK · Apr 27

The pollution court case that could reach far beyond the banks of the River Wye

The River Wye used to be full of wild salmon. Today it is full of algae.

The Conversation · Oct 22, 2025

Thousands bring UK’s biggest-ever environmental pollution legal action claim over River Wye

Nearly 4,000 people seeking mandated clean-up order against firms accused of causing ‘degradation’ to river

The Independent UK · Oct 8, 2025

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Poultry supplier Avara Foods to close Abergavenny factory putting 400 jobs at risk

The company blamed rising costs and falling demand for UK-produced turkey for the decision

Birmingham Post · May 24, 2023

Major food factory to close putting 400 jobs at risk

Avara is one of the UK’s largest food businesses, supplying chicken and turkey to the nation’s supermarkets and restaurant chains

Wales Online · May 24, 2023

Tesco chicken supplier should pay to clean up River Wye, says charity

Campaigners urge leading poultry producer Avara Foods to fund reparations for pollution from its chicken farm suppliers

The Guardian - UK · Feb 3, 2023

Tesco suppliers must raise standards to avert death of River Wye, say campaigners

River Action warns of phosphates in excrement produced by intensive chicken farming suffocating life

The Guardian - UK · Jul 7, 2022

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