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Hormel Foods, other meat company shares fall as bird flu concerns mount

By P.J. Huffstutter CHICAGO (Reuters) – The spread of a deadly strain of bird flu into an Iowa egg farm accelerated market concerns over how big of a bite the current outbreak could take from the United States’ egg and poultry businesses, sending shares of several leading meat companies’ down on Tuesday. Hormel Foods Corp shares were down more than 3 percent in early afternoon trading after the Minnesota-based company