Planet Chicken: Chemical Entanglements in Asia's Poultry Boom

Asia has undergone a boom in chicken farming in the last decade - it provides 38% of the worlds chicken meat for consumption. However, Asias chicken farming industry uses drugs and agricultural chemicals that are largely uncontrolled which makes their export chicken meat a potential source of unsafe food, and a source of 'superbugs' and animal-borne diseases that may drive the next global pandemic. Focusing on three important producers (India, Thailand and Vietnam), this project will use social research and scientific assessments to understand which chemicals and drugs are used in maize farming, feed mills and factory chicken farms, and the risks that these chemicals and drugs pose for the safety and wellbeing of consumers and the chickens that are factory farmed. Through outreach activities such as workshops and accessible communication products, the project will engage the livestock industry and policymakers in Australia, India, Thailand and Vietnam to support them to des