Two MILLION chickens will be killed in Delaware and Maryland
Daily MailTwo million chickens will be killed in Delaware and Maryland and not processed for meat because staff are calling out sick amid coronavirus. The Delmarva Poultry Industry said that every poultry plant on the Delmarva Peninsula has struggled with a reduced worker attendance. The Delmarva Peninsula includes parts of Delaware, Maryland and Virginia It said the company was unable to find other options, such as allowing another company to take the chickens. The Delmarva Poultry Industry said every poultry plant on the Delmarva Peninsula has struggled with reduced worker attendance The trade group said that the extermination methods have been approved by the American Veterinary Medical Association for handling cases of infectious avian disease. Allen Harim said they were forced to depopulate chickens because they have too many birds than they can handle on their inventory in a letter sent to chicken growers on April 8 In a letter sent to chicken growers on April 8, Allen Harim said its plant in South Dakota was now only at 50 percent of its normal operation because of continuously declining employee attendance because of illness and coronavirus concerns.
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