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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.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It literally is the case lol. It’s really not hard to google this

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

What about carrots, onions, etc?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 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.