Over 42,000 egg-laying chickens to be culled over dioxin scare

Over 42,000 egg-laying hens at Hung Chang (鴻彰) farm in Changhua County, central Taiwan, will be culled Friday after recent tests confirmed that the farm has been supplying eggs containing excessive levels of dioxin residues, according to the county's Department of Agriculture.

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