In dieser Woche hat der Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) des US-Landwirtschaftsministeriums (USDA) das Auftreten der hochpathogenen Vogelgrippe des Typs H7 in einem kommerziellen Hühnerzuchtbestand in Lincoln County, Tennessee, bestätigt.

Historically, food processing and live production have functioned as separate industries with different needs, requirements, and management. That is no longer the case. The gap between farm and food is closing—meaning that many food processing facilities (including egg graders, egg processors and poultry meat processors) are owned, managed, or have direct oversight from the same […]