Re: Chicken Sale

[Alison Carrick <Alison-Carrick@library.wustl.edu>]

  Hello Everyone,
   
  	I am relatively new to the list and thought I would pass this
  along. A quick search on a Newspaper database brought up about four or
  five hits on the chicken plants in Arkansas, one of which is below. There
  were also articles in the Austin American Statesman and Buffalo News (not
  sure where that one is published.) So there does seem to be be some
  coverage albeit rather limited and certainly not front page. 
  
  -Alison Carrick
  
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  DATATIMES NO:  CHI1101033
       SECTION:  NEWS
         TITLE:  Tainted feed closes Ark. poultry plants
        CREDIT:  ASSOCIATED PRESS
          DATE:  19970716
        SOURCE:  Chicago Sun-Times; 32, LATE SPORTS FINAL, LITTLE ROCK, Ark.   
                 (Copyright 1997)
   SOURCE CODE:  CHI
   DESCRIPTORS:  HEALTH - MEDICAL; FOOD; poultry plants; shutdowns; 
                 contamination; feed
      ABSTRACT:  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Temporary shutdowns at poultry plants idled 
                 hundreds of workers after federal inspectors found that 
                 dioxin-contaminated feed had been used by farmers producing 
                 chicken, eggs and catfish.
                 
                      The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said the dioxin 
                 was not enough to endanger consumers. But the agency directed 
                 about 350 poultry farms and animal feed manufacturers on July 
                 3 to stop using the feed, and it ordered poultry processors 
                 and egg producers to stop shipping affected products.