This isn’t your typical egg farm. In Elkhart, Iowa, about 70 miles south of Wright County Egg–the mega-farm at the center of a 550 million egg recall tied
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In less than two weeks (on Sept. 14), the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, headed by
About 30 people who attended a party in Vernon County, Wisconsin, in August were later sickened by Salmonella poisoning, and eggs are suspected in the outbreak.
But the director of
Kevin Keener, associate professor of Purdue University in Indiana, said the rapid cooling of eggs after laying and processing would “significantly reduce the ability of Salmonella to grow inside the
Federal officials are widening their investigation of two Iowa farms at the center of a large-scale egg recall and multistate Salmonella outbreak. The criminal division of the Food and Drug
Quality Egg, which does business under the name Wright County Egg, faces a fourth lawsuit brought on behalf of a Salmonella outbreak victim by the Seattle law firm Marler Clark.
Flies “too numerous to count,” rodents, wild birds, maggots, and open piles of manure four to eight feet high were among the observations released by the U.S. Food and
What if I had a food safety magic wand?
The other morning when I was prepping in another studio to talk with another cable channel about yet another food crisis–
Massive Egg Recall Prompts Hearing on Federal Food Safety System
House Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry A. Waxman (D-CA) and Subcommittee Chairman Bart Stupak (D-MI) yesterday announced that the Subcommittee
FDA Investigators Find Salmonella Linking Iowa Farms to Outbreak, CDC Reports Jump in Illnesses
Food and Drug Administration officials said yesterday their preliminary investigation has identified Salmonella-positive samples, linking two
Lawmakers are widening the scope of their investigation into the nationwide recall of over 500 million eggs.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee yesterday asked both the Food and Drug
In the wake of the massive recall of eggs due to Salmonella contamination, small-scale and local egg producers are differentiating themselves from “Big Ag” and distancing themselves from the recall.