USA: How Egg Industry Greed Caused the Salmonella Outbreak

by John Robbins, Author of The New Good Life, Diet For A New America, and many other bestsellers

Update 28 September 2012: Bribery Now Linked to 2010 SE Outbreak


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27 August 2010

For years, the U.S. egg industry has been telling us that there is no connection between salmonella outbreaks and the practice of cramming layer hens into cages so small the birds can't lift a single wing. It's been their party line for so long they've probably begun to actually believe it. Earlier this year, the leading U.S. egg industry trade group announced, true to form, that caging hens is "better for food safety."

With more than 95 percent of all U.S. eggs currently coming from caged hens, and salmonella outbreaks sickening more than one million Americans every year, this isn't merely an academic debate. Salmonella poisons people, causing a nasty, painful disease that can be fatal to the very young, the elderly and anyone with a weakened immune system....

Source: How Egg Industry Greed Caused the Salmonella Outbreak
Author: Huffington Post

Link: Egg Factory
Link: Egg Farms Violated Safety Rules
Link: Federal Agents Descend on Egg Farms for Second Time
Link: Rodents, Maggots Found at 2 Iowa Egg Farms


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