poultry

Michigan retailers have until December 31st to transition to selling only cage-free eggs. That change is the result of 2019 legislation that banned eggs from birds raised in cages at farms with over 3,000 egg-laying hens.

“Bird flu” outbreak has spread to poultry and dairy herds across 13 U.S. states since March. Michigan has been especially hard-hit by the virus, leading to restrictions.

There are three confirmed human cases of H5N1. Two of them were found in Michigan.

On today's Stateside, what to know about avian flu, how Ann Arbor Public Schools administrators plan to handle the budget deficit, and a new Detroit art installation tackles environmental racism.

Michigan is ordering poultry and dairy cattle facilities to ramp up biosecurity due to a bird flu outbreak after the virus was detected in cattle in four counties last month.

A state Agriculture department spokeswoman says 35,000 birds were euthanized as part of the effort to prevent the virus from spreading to other flocks.

Michigan poultry growers have so far not been affected by a dangerous new avian flu.Nearly a million turkeys in a half dozen states and Ontario have died…