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Salmonella: Any of several rod-shaped bacteria, of the genus Salmonella, that cause food poisoning and other diseases
US politicians are coming under pressure to increase regulation of the country's largest egg producers after a federal inspection of two companies at the centre of a salmonella scare revealed breaches of basic hygiene.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspections of Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms, both in Iowa, found piles of chicken manure up to 2.5 metres (8ft) high beneath the hens' cages. Employees crushed flies underfoot and live and dead maggots were seen in a manure pit.
At Wright County pigeons roosted in an air vent and wild birds flew in and out of the chicken house. Mice were observed at both farms, as were chickens which had escaped their cages and were seen moving between manure piles and caged areas.
Water used to clean the eggs was tested and found to contain the same salmonella bacteria that has been identified as the cause of the largest outbreak of the disease in the US since records began more than 30 years ago, with 1,500 people infected.
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US politicians are coming under pressure to increase regulation of the country's largest egg producers after a federal inspection of two companies at the centre of a salmonella scare revealed breaches of basic hygiene.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspections of Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms, both in Iowa, found piles of chicken manure up to 2.5 metres (8ft) high beneath the hens' cages. Employees crushed flies underfoot and live and dead maggots were seen in a manure pit.
At Wright County pigeons roosted in an air vent and wild birds flew in and out of the chicken house. Mice were observed at both farms, as were chickens which had escaped their cages and were seen moving between manure piles and caged areas.
Water used to clean the eggs was tested and found to contain the same salmonella bacteria that has been identified as the cause of the largest outbreak of the disease in the US since records began more than 30 years ago, with 1,500 people infected.
US salmonella scare: farm inspections reveal manure, mice and maggots
Calls for main egg producers to be better regulated after two firms at centre of scare revealed to have breached basic hygiene
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