Agriculture officials say the presence of highly pathogenic avian flu in a flock of chickens has resulted in the death of nearly 48,000 birds at a north Alabama farm.

After confirming the presence of highly pathogenic avian flu in a flock of chickens, nearly 48,000 birds were killed at a north Alabama farm, state agriculture officials said.

A Marshall County commercial pullet farm — one that raises chicks from hatching until they are ready to produce eggs when they are moved to a laying barn — was placed under quarantine after samples were confirmed positive for HPAI, the Alabama Department of Agriculture & Industries announced Friday.

HPAI is highly contagious to birds but considered low risk to humans and the virus is not considered a threat to food safety, the department said.

  • just_another_person@lemmy.world
    322·
    1 year ago

    Vertical farmed lettuce had an outbreak of ecoli three times in the past year. These people care about profits, not safety.

    • jeffw@lemmy.worldM
      1111·
      1 year ago

      And you know where that E. coli comes from, right? It’s when farms put cattle too close to their lettuce (this is shockingly common) and the E. coli goes from the cattle shit and washes down to the irrigation system, which goes to the lettuce. My understanding is this still happens due to how the irrigation/water systems work for hydroponic stuff.

      Not sure if you’re agreeing with me or you were trying to point out a flaw, but it’s still all caused by animal ag being shitty.

      • just_another_person@lemmy.world
        121·
        1 year ago

        EColi lives everywhere. It’s in your house. Your bathroom. It’s literally in the root vegetables you eat. That’s why you boil them. It’s impossible to have a truly clean food product is my point.

        • jeffw@lemmy.worldM
          74·
          1 year ago

          But the example you cited is due to animals is my point. Which you don’t have in a lab

          • just_another_person@lemmy.world
            52·
            1 year ago

            Your assumption is that animals contaminate. That is not the the case. It’s a naturally occurring thing that pretty much lives everywhere. Not exclusive to animals vs plants.

      • Wahots@pawb.social
        81·
        1 year ago

        Not for or against this, but also food processing plants, where stuff like lettuce gets rinsed- those rinsing machines can get e.coli in them, contaminating otherwise clean produce. Even shit like dry cereals can get salmonella in them. When it comes to peeled stuff, you are pretty safe. Hard fruits and vegetables can be washed with soap and water if not cooked. But some stuff can’t be washed with soap. That’s where you can run into trouble.

        I wish there was better food and cleaning standards.