A Sussex County land-use board approval of a chicken processing plant got its day in Superior Court this week.
Challengers of the $100 million facility just outside Millsboro say that county officials allowed Allen Harim Foods to take shortcuts to get approval.
The plant would be capable of handling 2 million chickens a week and employ 700 people.
But opponents say that the industrial sized plant is too close to residential areas and too near already polluted waters.
The Wilmington News Journal reports that an attorney for the poultry company said it would have been worthwhile for the Board of Adjustment to consult with the Delaware Department of Public Health before approving the company’s land-use request.
But, he added, it was not a step that was required by state law.
