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At least two outbreaks in Tyson Foods poultry supplier operations
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The poultry industry may be on the verge of adopting ambitious new animal-welfare standards, giving chickens more space and daylight, and even returning to older, slower-growing chicken breeds.
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A death in a Nevada hospital made national headlines this month because the patient’s infection could not be treated with any of the antibiotics doctors…
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The Trigg County Fiscal Court is tabling an ordinance to regulate poultry farms after mixed public reaction. The fiscal court made the decision to…
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The health agency says kissing and cuddling chickens could be contributing to outbreaks of salmonella. But backyard chicken owners aren't about to lay off the birds.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has found about half of ground chicken is contaminated with salmonella, and the agency is proposing new standards to…
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A new book argues that Tyson's system treats farmers like "modern-day sharecroppers." Author Christopher Leonard looks at Tyson's inner workings and the not-so-independent farmers who raise the birds.