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Helene shuts poultry plants, twists cotton crops in southeastern US. Tom Polansek. September 30, 2024 at 5:47 PM. ... A chicken plant near Morganton, North Carolina, is down, said Bob Ford ...
Live bird markets in New York City, Long Island and Westchester County will be shut down for a week after seven cases of avian flu in poultry were found at live bird markets in Brooklyn, the Bronx ...
Chicks free of bird flu await purchase in a Houston feed and farm supply store February 24, 2004 while the state's farmers and the U.S. Agriculture Department contend with the discovery of a Texas ...
In April 2020, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) relaxed protections at 15 poultry plants by allowing an increase in poultry production speeds, which the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union said would lead to more crowded working conditions and greater risk of transmitting COVID-19.
During the Covid-19 outbreak, Mountaire was ordered to continue production along with other food companies deemed essential by the White House. [7] The company had a "coronavirus task force" that was created for safety before finding any cases, [8] in April and May 2020 the company's Selbyville, Delaware plant had an unverified outbreak of COVID-19.
Kevin's Law (as referred to in Representative Anna Eshoo's introduction of the law in 2005 and in the 2008 documentary Food, Inc.; formally known as the Meat and Poultry Pathogen Reduction and Enforcement Act of 2003, H.R. 2203) was proposed legislation that would have given the United States Department of Agriculture the power to close down plants that produce contaminated meat.
CHICAGO (Reuters) -Tyson Foods Inc will close two U.S. chicken plants with almost 1,700 employees on May 12, the company said on Tuesday. The closures show the biggest U.S. meat company by sales ...
Tyson Foods will shut down its Columbia plant and lay off more than 200 employees as part of a cost-cutting decision the company said was difficult but necessary.