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.
Cal-Maine Foods, top U.S. fresh egg producer, finds bird flu in chickens at Texas, Michigan plants
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Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. said in a written statement it has petitioned the court to rule in its favor and will continue to evaluate its options, “including, if necessary, an appeal.”
Egg suppliers ordered to pay $17.7 million in damages by federal jury for price gouging in 2000s
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