Judge Takes a Swat at Egg Farm’s Fly Problem
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A judge ordered Ohio’s largest egg farm to begin shutting down its operations in two counties because of an ongoing fly outbreak.
It is the harshest decision to be taken against Buckeye Egg Farm of Newark, which has repeatedly been accused of infestations of flies, beetles and other insects, and of polluting creeks. A judge previously had ordered the farm to pay $1.2 million in fines for violations.
“Shutting down barns seems to be only way to take care of the fly nuisance,” state Atty. Gen. Betty Montgomery said. Matt Doyle, the company’s chief financial officer, said he would not comment until he read the judge’s order.
Judge Gregory Frost of Licking County Common Pleas Court ordered Buckeye to begin shutting down a barn every two weeks at its operations beginning Aug. 19.
Buckeye has 15.5 million hens and the company produced 2.6 billion eggs last year, or 4% of the nation’s supply.
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