Sweden’s Chicken Crisis Prompts Change of CEO at Scandi Standard

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A scandal over animal welfare at Scandi Standard AB has now prompted a change of leadership at the very top of the Swedish poultry producer.

The Stockholm-based company on Thursday named Otto Drakenberg as its new CEO on a temporary basis in an effort to restore customer confidence after one of its chicken brands was exposed in local mediaBloomberg Terminal as having shortcomings in how it handled animals.