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How bird flu outbreaks impacts consumers

4Apr

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Health

How bird flu outbreaks impacts consumers

How bird flu outbreaks impacts consumers - CBS News Watch CBS News The country’s largest egg producer is dealing with a bird flu outbreak. This comes as six states are reporting outbreaks of avian flu among dairy cows. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

Largest fresh egg producer in U.S. finds bird flu in chickens at Texas and Michigan plants

3Apr

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Money

Largest fresh egg producer in U.S. finds bird flu in chickens at Texas and Michigan plants

The largest producer of fresh eggs in the U.S. said Tuesday it had temporarily halted production at a Texas plant after bird flu was found in chickens, and officials said the virus had also been detected at a poultry facility in Michigan.In Texas, Ridgeland, Mississippi-based Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. said in a statement that approximately 1.6 million laying hens and 337,000 pullets, about 3.6% of its total flock, were destroyed after the infection, avian influenza, was found at the facility in Parmer County, Texas.The plant is on the Texas-New Mexico border in the Texas Panhandle about 85 miles southwest of Amarillo and about 370 miles northwest of Dallas. "The Company continues to work closely with federal, state and local government officials and focused...

Eggs vs Nuts: What's healthier for breakfast?

17Nov

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Entertainment

Eggs vs Nuts: What's healthier for breakfast?

While many deliberate over what is better, eggs or nuts, several studies have tried to answer the question. Keeping in mind the points about risks, nutritions, allergies and much more. A recent study has come out with a solution and an answer but with a drawback.

South Africa bird flu outbreaks see 7.5 million chickens culled, causing poultry and egg shortages

9Oct

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South Africa bird flu outbreaks see 7.5 million chickens culled, causing poultry and egg shortages

Cape Town, South Africa — South Africa has culled about 7.5 million chickens in an effort to contain dozens of outbreaks of two separate strains of avian influenza that threaten to create a shortage of eggs and poultry for consumers, the government and national poultry association said Tuesday. At least 205,000 chickens have died from bird flu in at least 60 separate outbreaks across the country, with more than half of those outbreaks in Gauteng province, which includes the country's biggest city, Johannesburg, and the capital, Pretoria. Some grocery stores in Johannesburg were limiting the number of eggs customers were allowed to buy this week — in some cases to one carton of six eggs — and the government acknowledged there were "supply constraints." The government announced approximatel...