Washington, DC—The US Department of Agriculture’s inadequate, haphazard oversight of the treatment of chickens and turkeys at slaughter has led to the widespread mistreatment and suffering of birds at ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California woman on trial for taking four chickens from one of Perdue Farms’ major poultry plants has put animal treatment at slaughter houses in the national spotlight as her ...

The Trump administration is working to finalize a rule that would allow poultry plants to increase slaughter speeds, an action that correlates with an increase in coronavirus infections, according to ...

ELGIN, Iowa (KCRG) - An Elgin man is facing charges after law enforcement said he admitted to operating an illegal meat and poultry slaughter operation for the past 20 years in Fayette County. The ...

Food poisoning. We’ve all experienced it. A few hours after enjoying a meal, you suddenly find yourself vomiting—or worse. Each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control, foodborne illnesses ...

ISTANBUL, Turkey – The slaughter of thousands of domestic fowl in Turkey and Romania began Sunday as a precaution against the spread of bird flu after both countries confirmed their first cases of the ...

A 16-year-old boy died on Friday while operating equipment at a poultry plant in Mississippi, officials said. The incident happened at the Mar-Jac Poultry processing plant in Hattiesburg, a city ...