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Publisher’s Platform: If I was part of Caito Foods, I’d be nervous

By Bill Marler on April 29, 2019
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Criminal prosecutions in food cases have been quiet for the last few years.

Outbreak 2: The recent multistate investigation began on April 2, 2019, when CDC’s PulseNet identified the Salmonella Carrau outbreak. As of…
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Letter From the Editor: Egg safety is out of mind until next outbreak

By Dan Flynn on August 21, 2016

Think of it this way: There is a bathtub and it’s always filled with two inches of water. One day, however, there suddenly are four inches of water in the bathtub. That example was used…
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Judges grill both sides in DeCosters’ egg sentence appeal

By Dan Flynn on March 18, 2016

Two of three judges hearing appeals of the jail sentences handed down to Austin “Jack” DeCoster and Peter DeCoster sounded uncomfortable yesterday with the concept of sending corporate officials to prison for a so-called strict…
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Publisher’s Platform: Time for More Criminal Prosecutions in Food Poisoning Cases?

By Bill Marler on November 29, 2015

It has been a busy past several weeks for public health investigators (and lawyers) and uncomfortable (and sometimes deadly) for food poisoning victims, as well as for the management of several companies. Here are just…
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DeCoster Sentencing in Sioux City Reveals Many Sides of the Story

By Dan Flynn on April 14, 2015

At Monday’s sentencing that took just short of five hours, the man who was once the largest egg producer in the U.S. finally got to tell his side of the story, one victim’s father spoke…
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Government Says Salmonella Controls DeCoster Practiced in Maine Were Not Followed in Iowa

By Dan Flynn on October 29, 2014

When 550 million shell eggs were recalled from two Iowa farms in 2010 as the nation experienced an outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis (SE), Austin “Jack” DeCoster owned or controlled the largest egg production conglomerate in…
Continue Reading Government Says Salmonella Controls DeCoster Practiced in Maine Were Not Followed in Iowa

U.S. Attorney in Iowa Seeking Victims of Egg-Related Salmonella Outbreak

By News Desk on July 8, 2014

If you were sickened by Salmonella in eggs from Wright County Egg in 2010, the U.S. Attorney’s Office may be looking to speak with you. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa…
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CA Coop's Civil Action Against DeCoster Moves Closer to Trial

By Dan Flynn on January 24, 2013

Before the August 2010 Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) outbreak sickened as many as 62,000 people and led to a recall of more than half a billion eggs, Nucal Foods Inc. and Quality Egg LLC were trading…
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