Sweden’s largest egg producer to cull all its chickens following recurrent salmonella outbreaks

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s largest egg producer, which had nearly 1.2 million chickens or 20% of all laying hens in the country before a salmonella outbreak, has been ordered to euthanize all of them so the facility can be fully cleaned. The Swedish Board of Agriculture has given up on attempts to clean the hen houses at CA Cedergren, which has had recurring salmonella outbreaks in the past year. It is unclear how many chickens will be killed.  In August, 340,000 chickens had to be killed on the farm after a salmonella infection was discovered in two hen houses.