poultry

Thousands of ducks are slaughtered at poultry farm in Norfolk after outbreak of bird flu

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Thousands of ducks are slaughtered at poultry farm in Norfolk after third confirmed outbreak of bird flu this month 8,000 ducks at a Norfolk farm will be culled in a bid to stop spread of virus   A 3km and 10km temporary control zones have been declared around all the premises in Attleborough  Two other confirmed … Read more

Nearly nine in 10 meat and poultry workers infected with coronavirus were minorities, CDC finds

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Nearly nine in 10 meat and poultry plant workers infected with coronavirus across 23 states were minorities, CDC report finds More than 16,000 meat and poultry processing facility workers have tested positive for coronavirus Of the nearly 10,000 workers for whom racial and ethnic information were reported, 87% were minorities Five times as many Hispanic … Read more

Costco limits the number of beef, poultry and pork products customers can buy

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Costco said on Monday it had limited the number of beef, pork and poultry products customers can buy. Grocery stores are preparing for massive shortages of meat supplies following coronavirus induced supply disruptions.  Some of the biggest slaughterhouses in the United States have closed over the last few weeks as COVID-19 spread widely through meat … Read more

Shoppers are left ‘feeling sick’ after discovering discoloured meat inside fresh poultry 

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‘My rotisserie chicken is green!’ Shoppers at Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda and Morrisons are left ‘feeling sick’ after discovering discoloured meat inside fresh poultry Consumers shared images on social media of the green tinted cooked chicken   The discolouration is thought to be caused by a disease where the muscles of inactive chicken are starved of oxygen when … Read more