Farmers decry influx of US, Brazil poultry products in Kenya market

Agriculture Cabinet secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Poultry products from the US and Brazil have flooded the Kenyan market, sector players say, even as the Agriculture ministry lobbies Parliament for a legal framework to set up a Food Safety Authority.

Lobbies representing poultry farmers and traders said last week’s US Trade Mission in Nairobi was likely to open the floodgates for US chicken imports that are already hurting local business.

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