Poultry firm fined £300k over decaying flesh odour

A Norfolk abattoir has been fined £300,000 after residents claimed they could not leave their homes owing to the stench of decaying poultry.

Jane Thynne
Head of News and Business
clock • 1 min read
Poultry firm fined £300k over decaying flesh odour

A Norfolk abattoir has been fined 300,000 after residents claimed they could not leave their homes owing to the stench of decaying poultry. Nearly 350 complaints were made to the Environment Agency...

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