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Chicken farmers take nearly $40 million hit from contaminated eggs

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Netherlands-based Wageningen University said that Dutch chicken farmers have suffered about $39 million worth of damage due to culls and recalls after their eggs were found to be tainted with a toxic chemical, Reuters reported. In early August, investigators had detected fipronil, a flea poison, in slightly higher than acceptable levels on Dutch chicken farms, leading to culls, quarantines and other measures to prevent further production of contaminated eggs.

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