The Latest Breaking News from Avara Foods

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

High Court hearing for UK’s biggest environmental pollution claim begins

More than 1,300 people have joined the claim over pollution in the River Wye and River Usk

The Independent 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

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

Two jailed for ‘enslaving man to line their own pockets’

A woman was also given a suspended sentence for her role in exploiting the vulnerable victim.

The Independent UK · Oct 28, 2022

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

British river turns into 'open sewer' as manure spread on nearby land pollutes waters

The River Wye is a special area of conservation but is suffering from its location at the centre of intensive poultry production. Locals have stopped swimming in the Wye after it turned green

Daily Mirror · Apr 5, 2022