The leak was reported about 2:30 p.m. Friday at the Pilgrim's Pride poultry plant in Mount Pleasant.

State officials have fined a Pilgrim's Pride Union County, N.C. plant for more than $107,000 following an ammonia leak there last August.

The American Meat Science Association and the American Meat Institute, has expanded their “Meat MythCrushers” campaign with the first of seven new myth-crushing videos that sets the record straight about myths associated with the use of ammonium hydroxide in some beef products.

An anhydrous ammonia leak at a JBS USA plant in Louisville, Ky., forced 1,000 employees to evacuate and nearby residents to stay indoors for hours on Wednesday.