Ohio Fresh Eggs knew its product had tested positive for Salmonella Enteritidis (SE), but 798 cases of eggs that should have been treated for the bacteria were instead shipped to the nation’s largest distributor of shell eggs, Cal-Maine Foods.
For that, the Johnstown, OH-based egg producer received a Feb. 25…
Video from the Humane Society of the United States, released last month, showed live chickens trampling dead chickens in crowded cages over manure pits, and eggs covered with blood and feces. Those images are now being used to seek enforcement actions against Cal-Maine, operator of the egg production facility.…
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Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Tuesday provided more information related to the egg recall it announced Nov. 5.
The Mississippi-based company said an additional 120 dozen shell eggs have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella Enteritidis and added those to the 24,000 dozen (about 300,000) included in an initial recall.…
An old food safety adage says that if one eats a hamburger, it might contain meat from 100 cows. That maxim might have to be expanded to advise that if you eat 100 eggs, they all might have come from a chicken owned by Jack DeCoster.
Over the weekend, Mississippi’s…
Continue Reading Following Chicken Tracks in New 300,000 Egg Recall
Cal-Maine Foods, the nation’s largest distributor of shell eggs, said it was notified Friday by the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) that a routine environmental study sample of one the company’s suppliers, Ohio Fresh Eggs, had tested positive for Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) almost a month earlier.
The Jackson, Mississippi-based Cal-Maine said…
