Bird Flu: NZ’s largest egg supplier puts half a million hens into lockdown

Mainland Poultry CEO John McKay says the company has housed its free-range hens as a precaution following the second case of bird flu.

Mainland Poultry, which supplies nearly 40% of the country’s eggs, has taken the precautionary step of isolating more than half a million free-range laying hens while officials work out the extent of the disease’s spread.

While there have been zero cases of bird flu identified in commercial poultry flocks, and meat and eggs remain safe to eat, chief executive John McKay said the two detected in wild birds for the first time last week had prompted them to try to mitigate the risks.

Video / Ryan Bridge TODAY

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