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The nation’s largest egg producer, Cal-Maine Foods Inc., confirmed Tuesday that a large layer operation in the Texas panhandle that accounts for 3.6% of the company’s production has tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza.

A Texas resident who was directly exposed to dairy cattle that were “presumed to be infected with avian influenza” is being treated for bird flu, the Texas Department of State Health Services said Monday.

Responding to the Justice Department’s threat of a lawsuit, Dole and Fresh Express have agreed to abandon a deal in which Fresh Express would have acquired Dole’s Fresh Vegetables Division for about $308 million.

The Port of Baltimore, a significant shipping point for U.S. sugar imports, suspended traffic Tuesday after a container ship slammed into and collapsed the Francis Scott Key Bridge, shutting the main channel leading into the Chesapeake Bay.  

Federal and state officials are investigating illnesses in dairy herds in Texas, Kansas and New Mexico after some older cows tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza.

The Senate on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to reverse the Agriculture Department's decision to lift a long-standing ban on beef imports from Paraguay. The veto-proof margin was a major win for beef state lawmakers critical of the agency's analysis of foot-and-mouth disease risks posed by the South American country.