Poultry sector inquiry is ‘an attack’, says Astral CEO Chris Schutte
The competition watchdog’s action has stunned an industry already battling load-shedding costs and bird flu
09 February 2024 - 15:47
UPDATED 11 February 2024 - 18:19
Astral CEO Chris Schutte has lambasted the newly announced Competition Commission inquiry into the poultry sector as “an attack” on an industry that is struggling under the weight of load-shedding, erratic water supply, bird flu and imports.
“It comes as a helluva surprise, even as the plight of the industry is so well documented. It seems like every effort is taken to attack this industry.”..
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