# Families Want Action on Rotting Hog Smell at Rendering Plant

> Eight families in Estherville, Iowa, are pressing Emmet County to take stronger action against Central Bi-Products, a rendering plant owned by Farmers Union Industries. They say the odor from dead hogs has persisted for three years. The company says it is making improvements that should reduce the smell.

- Date: 2018-12-14 · published 2018-12-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61714-families-want-action-on-rotting-hog-smell-at-rendering-plant
- Commodities: [Meat & Bone Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MBM.md)

## Why it matters

This is a local permit and nuisance dispute with no meaningful effect on feed supply, meat and bone meal availability, or prices.

## Sources

- foodmanufacturing.com: https://www.foodmanufacturing.com/home/news/21099998/families-want-action-on-rotting-hog-smell-at-rendering-plant

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