The Poultry Industry Responds to an Activist Farmer

Last week I broke the story that contract chicken farmer Craig Watts, who had let animal-welfare activists film in the barns where he raises poultry for Perdue Farms, filed for whistleblower protection against the company because he felt retaliated against. In his complaint - made to the Department of Labor under the provisions of the Food Safety Modernization Act - Watts said that the condition of the chicks Perdue delivered to him compelled him to raise "adulterated or misbranded food" for consumers, and that when he attempted to reveal this, the company harassed him with inspectors' visits.



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