date:Apr 25, 2013
111,000 birds had been culled as of last week and authorities have shut down live poultry trading at 196 markets. The impact has been felt among restaurants on Shanghai's streets. One popular chain, The Grandma's, has pulled a popular green-tea chicken dish off the menu.
Poultry sales have dropped by 80 percent in eastern China and by about 30 percent in other parts of the country, analysts and industry officials say. Fewer birds to feed means less demand for soybeans and corn.
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