Health officials in Westchester County, New York, have issued public warnings about possible Hepatitis A exposures at the J and D Deli in Ossining, New York. The potential exposures reportedly occurred between July 26 and August 9. A store representative stated that the employee was no longer working there and that the deli has been cleaned. Last week
Hillandale and Wright County Egg: The Connection Grows
The link between Hillandale and Wright County Egg was made clearer this morning by Mary Clare Jalonick of the Associated Press who reported that both businesses "share suppliers of chickens and feed as well as ties to an Iowa business routinely cited for violating state and federal law."
The company Quality Egg supplies young chickens
Salmonella Egg Outbreak: the facts so far
Over 500,000,000 eggs have been recalled due to potential contamination by Salmonella enteritidis. The recalls have been initiated by two apparently distinct corporations, Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms, although reports certainly suggest that the two companies have close ties, including part of their egg production operations. The CDC estimates that, as of August 19
Danielson Family of Minnesota Link to Hillandale Egg Salmonella Recall
550,000,000 eggs and 1,300 ill and KARE TV Minneapolis reports on this impact on one family – the Danielsons.
Todd Danielson, said, "Everybody had diarrhea. That was kind of the first thing, and then headaches and then throwing up and then it was body aches. I couldn’t even move. I mean it was like in
Do you know where your eggs come from?
The half billion egg recall is fast turning into one of those situations that’s almost to incredible to believe. Alec MacGillis at the Washington Post profiled the DeCoster family, founders of Wright County Egg, today in his article titled "Before salmonella outbreak, egg firm had long record of violations." Among the lowlights:
— In
William Marler Oped – If I were a CEO of the Salmonella Egg producer, what would I do?
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Imagine that the phone call comes or an email pops into your inbox–"Sir, we have been contacted by (you pick: CDC, FDA, USDA, or a state or local health department), and they say your product (lettuce, raw milk, a frozen dinner or now eggs) has been linked to illnesses. What do we do?"
So, what
Wright County Egg Owner Has Long History of Violations
Against a backdrop of a recall of 380 million eggs and thousands of Salmonella illnesses nationwide, numerous commentators have been pointing out the long history of violations amassed by Wright County Egg owner Jack DeCoster.
Yesterday ABC news reported on DeCoster’s past. There have been labor problems:
In the summer of 1996 when DeCoster
Nation’s largest egg producer adds 9.6 million eggs to recall
In what may be part of the rolling recall in the wake of the half billion egg recall by Hillandale Farms and Wright County Egg company, the nation’s largest egg seller, Cal-Maine Foods Inc., has recalled 9.6 million eggs (800,000 dozen) due to potential Salmonella enteritidis contamination. AP reports:
Cal-Maine said it was
Nuts and sprouts recalled due to salmonella risk
Eggs have garnered the lion’s share of attention recently, but with 2010 being such a salmonella dominated year in terms of food safety events, not surprising that two other common culprits have again been recalled due to salmonella contamination.
Yesterday, New York State Agriculture Commissioner Patrick Hooker today alerted consumers that Snow White Food Products Inc.
What’s the public temperature on final kill steps in food?
Today, the monolithic recall of eggs due to salmonella contamination grew even bigger. Hillandale Farms, of Iowa (like Wright County Egg Co.), voluntarily recalled 170 million eggs that it sent to 14 states, stating that “laboratory-confirmed illnesses” had been associated with the eggs. Federal officials followed Hillendale’s announcement with the clarification that, in addition to Wright County Egg’s