One of the egg companies linked to a Salmonella outbreak and massive egg recall faces a fifth lawsuit brought on behalf of a salmonellosis victim by the Seattle law firm Marler Clark.
The lawsuit against Quality Egg, which does business as Wright County Egg, was filed in U.S. District Court…
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Wright County Egg, one of two egg companies whose products resulted in over 1,500 Salmonella cases nationwide this year, was sued by another outbreak victim yesterday. The most recent lawsuit, filed by the Seattle-based Marler Clark law firm, was filed in Federal District Court in Iowa yesterday on behalf…
In the official documents piling up over the nationwide outbreak of Salmonella, Austin J. “Jack” DeCoster, who may be the nation’s No. 1 egg producer, is getting only the obligatory warning letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Meanwhile, Gary Bartness at Hillandale Farms got a much nicer…
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Information brought to light during hearings before the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce has led to punitive damages being added to lawsuits against Quality Egg/Wright County of Iowa.
The amended lawsuits were filed Monday by Marler Clark and Wandro, Baer, and McCarthy.
“At the hearings in Washington it…
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The congressional panel investigating the recent recall of 550 million
eggs tied to a multistate Salmonella outbreak has again pushed back its food safety
hearing. The hearing is now scheduled for tomorrow at noon EST.
Jack
DeCoster, owner of Wright County Egg, the company at the center of the
outbreak…
Continue Reading Egg Recall Hearing Rescheduled for Wednesday
According to congressional investigators, Wright County Egg, the Iowa company at the center of a half billion egg recall tied to more than 1,500 cases of Salmonella, had received hundreds of positive tests for the bacteria since 2008.
Documents released yesterday reveal that between 2008 and 2010 the company had…
Continue Reading Was Egg Farm Aware of Salmonella Before Outbreak?
The Congressional panel investigating the recent recall of 550 million eggs tied to a multistate Salmonella outbreak has moved its food safety hearing, originally planned for today, to next week.
Jack DeCoster, owner of Wright County Egg, the company at the center of the outbreak, now linked to over 1,500…
Continue Reading Egg Hearing Rescheduled, DeCoster to Testify
Food safety litigation firm Marler Clark LLP filed a petition with the U.S. District Court in Iowa this week to gain access to Wright County Egg, one of the farms responsible for the recent widespread egg recall and nationwide Salmonella outbreak.
The firm filed an expedited “Rule 34” petition, or…
Continue Reading Attorneys Seek Entrance to Wright County Egg
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 to almost 1,500 Salmonella illnesses–colorful hens are milling around Foxhollow Farm. Lyric-less rock music is playing in the hen house, and…
Continue Reading One Iowa Egg Farm Takes a Free-Range Approach
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 Administration and the Department of Justice have become involved in the effort, according to FDA Commissioner Dr. Margaret Hamburg.
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