Wednesday, June 06, 2012

Iowa researcher finds sick hens "almost certainly" laid salmonella-tainted eggs.



The AP (6/5, Subscription Publication) reports, "An Iowa State University scientist found evidence that sick hens at farms owned by an Iowa egg producer were 'almost certainly' laying eggs contaminated with salmonella months before one of the nation's largest outbreaks of food-borne illness came to light, newly released records show." The piece notes, "Lawyers for several executives have denied their clients did anything criminal in connection to the outbreak, which the Food and Drug Administration has estimated sickened up to 62,000 Americans." 

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