date:Jul 30, 2014
er Mexico, for US chicken last year, according to the USA Poultry Egg Export Council. The US exported about $309 million worth of broiler chickens to Russia last year, according to the council.
This is not a surprise, Mike Cockrell, chief financial officer at Sanderson Farms Inc. of Mississippi, said by phone. Its not unusual for Russia to find something wrong when they have a political reason to do so.
Officials from McDonalds, based in Illinois, didnt respond to a request for comment.
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