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Excelsior and Eggcelsior Farms: Addressing food sustainability through modern and energy-efficient farming
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5/20/2021 WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - Claxton Poultry Farms Inc has been indicted in Colorado on charges of price-fixing broiler chickens produced for sale to restaurants and grocery stores, the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday. The company’s president, Mikell Fries, and vice president Scott Brady were previously indicted for their roles in a nationwide conspiracy to fix chicken prices from 2012 to 2019. If found guilty, Claxton could be fined $100 million or twice what it gained from participating in the price-fixing. Claxton, which is based in Georgia, sells 300 million pounds of chicken annually to 750 customers, including major chains, according to its website.
USDA, FDA Issue Joint Statement on Transmissibility of COVID-19 on Food Packaging
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have issued a
joint statement stating that “there is no credible evidence of food or food packaging associated with or as a likely source of viral transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus causing COVID-19.” The statement was issued one week after the World Health Organization
reportedly stated that the virus could be transmitted on frozen food packaging.
“The USDA and the FDA are sharing this update based upon the best available information from scientific bodies across the globe, including a continued international consensus that the risk is exceedingly low for transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to humans via food and food packaging. For example, a recent opinion from the