HY-LINE INTERNATIONAL

Hy-Line directly operates subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, Italy, Australia, Brazil, and South Africa. In several countries it has instead signed exclusivity deals with distributors. In India, Amrit Group has distributed Hy-Line chickens since July 2014 when a new 'poultry hub' was established as part of plans to capture 30% of the Indian egg-laying market by 2017–2018. Sales in Vietnam are exclusively licensed to the Ba Haun Company since 2013. Hy-Line International has been subject to criticism from animal rights group following the release of a video alleged to have been filmed inside of a Hy-Line hatchery, showing the process of. The video went viral and received widespread media attention across the English-speaking world. Hy-Line Australia was sued in 2013 for unsafe practices at its chicken hatchery at Huntly near , after a fire in one of its sheds in April 2009 left an employee trapped due to a lack of fire exits. The man escaped by breaking through floorboards. The case was settled out of court for an undisclosed sum