By Reuters | 22 Apr, 2015, 11.07AM IS
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After Monday's outbreak in Iowa, the United Egg Producers, a trade group, requested that government agencies suspend regular audits of egg and poultry operations because of the risk of people transmitting the virus.
Such on-farm visits would include tax and payroll audits by the Labor Department, egg safety inspections by the Food and Drug Administration, annual animal welfare audits by the USDA and third-party groups, group president Chad Gregory said.
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After Monday's outbreak in Iowa, the United Egg Producers, a trade group, requested that government agencies suspend regular audits of egg and poultry operations because of the risk of people transmitting the virus.
Such on-farm visits would include tax and payroll audits by the Labor Department, egg safety inspections by the Food and Drug Administration, annual animal welfare audits by the USDA and third-party groups, group president Chad Gregory said.