Posted June 3, 2014
An Iowa company has agreed to pay $6.8 million in fines for crimes that include the selling of tainted eggs, which caused a nationwide salmonella outbreak in 2010, according to an NBC News article by The Associated Press available here. The New York Times also published an article available here.
On Monday, a plea agreement filed by federal prosecutors calls for Quality Eggs to plead guilty Tuesday to charges of bribery, selling misbranded eggs, and introducing adulterated food into interstate commerce.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) linked more than 1,900 illnesses to the eggs and called the outbreak the largest tied to a specific strain since the agency started tracking outbreaks in the 1970s, according to The New York Times.
In 2010, Wright County Egg, the predecessor to Quality, and Hillandale Farms recalled more than half a billion eggs due to an outbreak of salmonella that was traced to two DeCoster farms in Iowa.
A call to DeCoster Farms was not immediately returned on Wednesday evening.
For more information on food safety, please visit the National Agricultural Law Center’s website here.
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