Items Tagged with 'pollution'

Mountaire Farms accused of contaminating surface and groundwater through illegal disposal of wastewater.

Fruitland American Meat has been charged with several violations of the Missouri Clean Water Law.

Fruitland American Meat charged with water pollution, illegal discharge and reporting failures.

The EPA agreed, among other things, to promulgate a new national Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) rule to address pollution discharges from livestock and poultry farms.

A study from the University of Delaware reports that federal environmental programs have drastically overestimated the poultry industry’s contributions to water pollution.

The company could face a fine of up to $1.5 million and the executives sent to prison if found guilty of the charges of dumping pigs' blood into the Trinity River.

A federal judge has ruled that a Maryland farmer who raises chickens for Perdue Farms did not discharge pollution into a nearby river.

The meat and poultry industry is committed to ensuring a safe food product for our customers, maintaining the highest animal-welfare standards for our livestock, providing a safe and rewarding work environment to our employees, reaching out to the communities in which we do business, and working to minimize our environmental impact.