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07/04/2025: Avian flu, farmed fish, food strategy

Poultry farmers in more parts of the UK will have to keep their birds inside as avian flu spreads; we look at farmed fish; and a new food strategy advisory board

From this morning all poultry in the North of England must be brought inside - it's the latest restriction to be introduced because of avian flu, and follows new cases in both farmed and wild birds.
All birds - from free range hens to pets - in Cumbria, Country Durham, Northumberland and Tynside must now be housed. The housing order already applies in East and North Yorkshire, Hull, York, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Shropshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Cheshire, Merseyside and Lancashire - as well as the whole of Northern Ireland. Tougher biosecurity rules cover the rest of the country.
All this week we're looking at the farmed fish industry - from Scottish salmon to the emerging market in seaweed.
And we ask what impact a new food strategy advisory board could have on the nation's health.
Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Sally Challoner.

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