Another Egg Recall Illustrates that Factory Farms are Breeding Grounds for Disease

Demonstrating once again that factory egg farms are breeding grounds for disease, more than a quarter million salmonella-contaminated eggs have been recalled from eight states. This time, the recall stems from Ohio Fresh Eggs, a factory egg farm financially backed by Austin “Jack” DeCoster, the owner of the Iowa egg farm at the center of one of the largest egg recalls in history earlier this year. Considering DeCoster’s 30-year track record of abusing workers, animals and the environment, this latest egg recall should come as no surprise.

Last year, MFA’s investigation at a DeCoster egg factory farm in Maine found birds suffering from broken bones, bloody open wounds and untreated infections in cages stacked in tiers with feces from birds in the higher tiers falling through the wire cage floors onto birds below. The investigation resulted in a raid by state police and the facility pleading guilty to 10 counts of cruelty to animals and agreeing to pay more than $130,000 in fines and restitution.