228,000 Eggs Recalled 11.9.10

[OSUman]

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I guess I should've gotten sick off my eggs LONG ago then.

Well you have been lucky and havent gotten any eggs contaminated with salmonella. Either you have had chickens all your life or the USDA actually does something.

 

[Organics North]

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Oh honey it's the Los Angeles Times. They lean to the far left.

What paper does not?

Most papers lean to the far right in my opinion!

Great thing is it does not matter if you are left or right on this issue.. Matter of fact I have a great number of "ideals" in common with folks like PaulaJoAnne... This is a place where both far left and far right come together!

The status quo of industrial agriculture, their greed for profit, their playing god with genetics, their pushing the envelope too far is of great concern to me. They buying public is to blame too. We all want cheap food so we can spend more on gold plated toilets in our McMansions.

Vote with your pocket book! Buy local! Grow and make your own food. Cook from scratch. Avoid chemically saturated and genetically modified foods as much as possible..

If we stop buying their garbage, they will not make a profit, then they will go away and be replaced by legions of small farmers selling their produce fresh locally at stores in their area.. Not shipping this stuff around the the country from one distribution warehouse to the next. Cutting profits out for the farmer and getting the middle men and marketers fat and wealthy.

ON

 

[Mac in Wisco]

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I found the answer to this in an Ohio newspaper article. It seems that it was just a preliminary environmental test, but after a positive result was found any eggs from that layer house were supposed to be withheld from market for further testing and a final determination. These eggs were accidentally released to the distributor and the error was found during an FDA audit, whereas they contacted the distributor.

24,000 dozens eggs is one truckload. Actually a rather small amount as far as Cal-Maine is concerned.

 

[PineappleMama]

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Guess that's true... but on the same note if the companies kept their flocks clean, salmonella free, then we wouldn't have to worry about it either.

It bugs the snot out of me that these companies can sell a product that can make you sick and/or kill you when used precisely as directed. That's perfectly FINE. But smaller farmers who keep a clean flock, never had a person get sick, and would know immediately since they eat the product themselves, and know their customers and can immediately call them and prevent further harm... those are the ones that are being raided? What's with the double standard? If the big boys don't get raided until someone is sick then the same rule should apply to little ones too.

People shouldn't have to worry that if they put FOOD in their kitchen (IMO where food belongs) that it could poison them, even hours or days later that the bugs in it could sneak up and hurt you. If you know a bird is infected, treat it, or cull it... don't let it sit there and infect the others, and don't sell the bird so the bacteria can spread beyond your property. If your dog got rabies would you put it up for sale on petfinder? Would you take it to the dog park and let it go? NO, you'd take it to the vet and have it put down so it cannot harm other animals or people. If MY dog was diseased and I knowingly let him loose to infect others, to hurt others, I would be held liable for the damage, medical expenses and/or deaths.

Seems simple to me... don't spread something that kills... yet it's evidently just asking too much of these so called professionals. They can stick a label on that dog and say "I might be carrying bacteria, disease or fleas so if you're smart you'll shoot me" and then go out and sell MILLIONS knowing that at least some ARE diseased and WILL cause harm and they get off scot free.

I'm not one for big government, but if you say you're going to keep food (aka the people) safe then for pete's sake do it. Even if you only do it to protect your OWN kids, n'mind the honor in doing the job you're paid to do... sheesh.

 

[nonseq]

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Oh honey it's the Los Angeles Times. They lean to the far left.

What paper does not?

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The Columbus Dispatch

 

[nonseq]

So I didn't read the article but I assume you are talking about Ohio Fresh Eggs? The egg production facility that DeCoster "financed?" The one that ODA tried to revoke permits on? Right over here in Licking County? With something like 7 million layers?

 

[theOEGBman]

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Im glad someone knows what they're talking about. I dont feel like chatting about this tonight, maybe I'll be in the mood tomorrow, haha.

 

[Rozzie]

Ugh. Yet another reason I'm glad we've quit buying eggs very much. We have our eggs but I'm still trying to increase my # of quail coveys. (If only I could hatch all girls...)

Once I get enough layers, I'll be able to quit buying eggs for baking. We buy maybe a dozen eggs every 4 weeks right now, for baking only. I'd like to cut that to none...

 

[EweSheep]

I better stockpile my bantam eggs while it is still going good. Had to buy some store bought eggs a month ago......bleck!

 

[sekinkead]

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Exactly, there have been issues with this place for years. Well, maybe I will get some more customers for my eggs since they aren't too far down the road and it was big news here.