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Man Behind Summer Egg Recall Linked to November Egg Recall

(Nov. 10) -- The man behind this summer's 550 million egg recall is at it again. Egg seller Cal-Maine announced last week a recall of almost 300,000 eggs potentially infected with salmonella enteritidis, the same culprit as last time. The eggs are linked to the freewheeling poultry cowboy whose produce sickened some...

Organic Egg Farms May Not Be as Clean as You Think

(Oct. 13) -- After a massive health crisis like the recent 550 million egg recall for salmonella (which came despite new FDA rules), many consumers may have flocked toward USDA organic hoping to find a safer, more environmentally product. But that little green sticker may not be telling you the whole story. Two weeks ago,...

Egg Company Owner 'Horrified' at Salmonella Outbreak

WASHINGTON (Sept. 22) -- The owner of an Iowa egg company says in testimony prepared for a House hearing that he was "horrified" to learn that his eggs may have sickened as many as 1,600 people in an outbreak of salmonella poisoning this summer. Austin "Jack" DeCoster and his son, Peter DeCoster, are scheduled to testify...

Egg Baron Behind Salmonella Recall Has Been Keeping Dirty Coops Since 16

(Sept. 16) -- Recent reports have revealed that Jack DeCoster, the poultry baron at the center of the multistate egg recall, may have known about the salmonella at his farms for two years. But a new timeline assembled by Joe Fassler at The Atlantic suggests that DeCoster's misconduct goes all the way back to 1949, when he...

Rodents, Other Contamination Found at 2 Egg Farms

WASHINGTON (Aug. 30) -- Food and Drug Administration investigators have found rodents, seeping manure and even maggots at the Iowa egg farms believed to be responsible for as many as 1,500 cases of salmonella poisoning. FDA officials released their initial observations of the investigations at Wright County Egg and...