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[April 17] the Food and Drug Administration issued a report[PDF] based on inspections of Rose Acre Farms from March 26-April 11, and a review of facility records from September 2017. On [April 13], Rose Acre Farms announced a recall of 206 million shell eggs after federal investigators found that illnesses in multiple states were linked to a strain of Salmonella that was found at the company's facility in North Carolina. The FDA report shows an "ongoing rodent infestation" at the facility and "insanitary conditions and poor employee practices" that allow for the spread of pathogens. The FDA had also previously found "alarmingly high rodent populations" and salmonella contamination at another facility owned by the company in 2011.
In response, Food & Water Watch Executive Director Wenonah Hauter issued [a statement which included}:
"This most recent Salmonella outbreak resulting in a massive recall is another example of how the ultra-consolidated factory farm system can have major consequences for food safety. That one facility can so quickly supply so many stores with tainted food shows that we need more regulation, not less, of our food supply. And repeated violations over the years show that the company continues to act recklessly where food safety protocols are concerned."
Note that the recall is for "shell eggs".
It appears that processed foods in which eggs from this source have been used are not covered.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 19 2018, @12:56PM
The farming industry is highly subsidized by the government; free money means there's less risk born by the supplier.
A farm should want to reduce its risk instead by purchasing insurance, and an insurance company would want to protect itself by ensuring that its clients aren't shitshows like the farm in this story.
Not only is that the way it should work in a free society, but that's the best way to regulate ANYTHING. Real money has to be on the line.