Posted on 04/04/2024 5:18:40 PM PDT by bitt
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., recognized as the country’s largest producer of fresh eggs, announced on Tuesday that it has temporarily suspended operations at one of its major facilities located in Parmer County, Texas.
This drastic measure comes in the wake of a detected outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).
The outbreak has led to the culling of approximately 1.6 million laying hens and 337,000 pullets.
This action represents about 3.6% of Cal-Maine Foods’ total flock as of early March 2024, marking a significant loss for the company and the egg industry as a whole.
Cal-Maine released the following statement:
Cal-Maine today reported that one of the Company’s facilities located in Parmer County, Texas, tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (“HPAI”), resulting in depopulation of approximately 1.6 million laying hens and 337,000 pullets, or approximately 3.6% of the Company’s total flock as of March 2, 2024.
Production at the facility has temporarily ceased as the Company follows the protocols prescribed by the USDA. Cal-Maine Foods is working to secure production from other facilities to minimize disruption to its customers.
The Company remains dedicated to robust biosecurity programs across its locations; however, no farm is immune from HPAI. HPAI is still present in the wild bird population and the extent of possible future outbreaks, with heightened risk during the migration seasons, cannot be predicted. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the human health risk to the U.S. public from HPAI viruses is considered to be low. Also, according to the USDA, HPAI cannot be transmitted through safely handled and properly cooked eggs. There is no known risk related to HPAI associated with eggs that are currently in the market and no eggs have been recalled.
The Company continues to work closely with federal, state and local government officials and focused industry groups to mitigate the risk of future outbreaks and effectively manage the response.
The APHIS division of the USDA and individual states track and publicly report individual incidents of HPAI by location. The Company will provide updated information in its next quarterly report to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and does not expect to provide interim updates unless material.
WATCH:
Two weeks to stop the chicken spread?
Those are rooster chicks.
I’m sitting here thinking you were talking about L.A. and wondering where in L.A. you get acreage with deer and hogs?
Beverly Hillbillies house?
Then I realized you were talking about Louisiana.😆
Ya think?
I’m not sure the dumb teens working at Tractor Supply know how to sex baby chickens. She was literally pulling them ALL out of one tub and putting them in another with the one dollar sign.
I also notice all the bare root fruit trees they had inside the store—in the warmth without water—for three months now—are all DEAD, but they’re still selling them.
Tractor Supply is my Tim Allen caveman store, but they are usually overpriced and can sell some real crap. They do have such a wide variety of crap, makes me want to look...
No, LA means Lower Alabama.
Wow. Was I off.
BTTT!!!
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