1.   Germ warfare dates back to the Romans, who put rotting carcasses in the water supplies of enemies to contaminate their drinking supply.

2.   The new rules would require slaughterhouses to put carcasses through at least two antimicrobial rinses.

3.   The new rules would have required slaughterhouses to put carcasses through at least two antimicrobial rinses.

4.   There were so many dead birds last weekend that police Chief Jim Hummert told residents to put the carcasses in containers at the curb with their garbage.