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Tesco supplier Avara Foods faces multi-million pound legal bid over River Wye pollution

Lawyers claim intensive chicken farming is to blame for historic Wye catchment pollution

Jane Thynne
Head of News and Business
clock 鈥� 2 min read
Campaigners say intensive chicken farming by Avara Foods has polluted the River Wye
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Campaigners say intensive chicken farming by Avara Foods has polluted the River Wye

A multi-million pound legal claim has been brought against poultry processor Avara Foods over claims its industrial-scale chicken farming in the River Wye catchment area has caused major degradation to...

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