Food & Water Watch: Bird Flu Outbreak Highlights Factory Farm Threats to Health, Consumer Costs
April 04, 2024
April 04, 2024
WASHINGTON, April 4 (TNSres) -- The Food and Water Watch issued the following news release:
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75% of U.S. egg-laying hens are raised on just 347 factory farms, ideal breeding grounds for disease
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The most recent bird flu outbreak at a Cal-Maine factory egg farm in Texas highlights rising concern for public health, as well as consumer cost impacts. Cal-Maine, the nation's largest egg producer, culled 1.6 million laying hens (3.6% of its . . .
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75% of U.S. egg-laying hens are raised on just 347 factory farms, ideal breeding grounds for disease
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The most recent bird flu outbreak at a Cal-Maine factory egg farm in Texas highlights rising concern for public health, as well as consumer cost impacts. Cal-Maine, the nation's largest egg producer, culled 1.6 million laying hens (3.6% of its . . .