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• California may require more space for hens
ATWATER, Calif. - At the J.S. West and Cos. poultry farm, half a million chickens are squeezed six at a time into wire cages where they must share 2 square feet of space. Beneath them, conveyor belts whisk away excrement while 1.2 million eggs travel ...
• Stepbrother charged in N.Y. girl's death
Erin was being raised in a home with over 100 cats, as well as caged poultry. The home reeked of animal urine. There was animal feces over 18 inches deep in one of the rooms," State Police Capt. Mark Lincoln said. Victim weighed only 65 pounds ...
• Community torn apart by S.C. immigration raid
Just days before, poultry workers visibly filled the neighborhoods around the plant. Before ICE raid The community's transformation was slow but steady over the last 15 years as the newcomers replaced working-class whites and blacks. Neighborhood ...
• Beijing bans 10 types of medications
All the products were imported from China. The safety scandals have put at risk surging Chinese agricultural exports to the United States, which reached $2.26 billion last year, led by poultry products, sausage casings, shellfish, spices and apple ...
• Mild bird flu could cause pandemic
There were also at least three likely instances of human-to-human transmission involving family members of poultry workers. In the case of the single fatality, officials noticed that particular virus had about 10 mutations. British officials have been ...