Posts Tagged ‘Jack DeCoster’

Jack DeCoster to Exit Ohio Egg Production Business

Posted by Ron Simon on July 6th, 2011 under Salmonella Enteritidis Egg Outbreak Tags: , , ,  •  No Comments

Austin “Jack” DeCoster Abandons Egg Production in Ohio It appears that Austin “Jack” DeCoster – the owner of two Iowa egg farms at the center of a national salmonella outbreak that sickened over 2000 last year – is getting out of the egg business, at least in Ohio. According to the Des Moines Iowa Register, [...]

BUSTED – Egg Farm Had Over 400 Positive Salmonella Tests Prior to Outbreak

Posted by Ron Simon on September 14th, 2010 under Salmonella Enteritidis Egg Outbreak, Salmonella Outbreaks Tags: , , , , , ,  •  No Comments

Congressional investigators have just announced that lab results taken from Wright County Egg farm in Iowa show over 400 cases of positive salmonella contamination.  These tests were taken in the two years immediately prior to the massive salmonella outbreak linked to Wright CountyEgg and Hillandale Farms that has sickened 1500 nationwide. In a letter to its owner, Jack DeCoster, leaders of [...]

Egg Farm Owner Jack DeCoster in a Lot of Trouble – But He’s Been There Before

Posted by Ron Simon on September 2nd, 2010 under Salmonella Enteritidis Egg Outbreak, Salmonella Outbreaks Tags: , , , , ,  •  No Comments

Egg farm owner Jack DeCoster is in a lot of trouble.  His egg farms – Quality Egg LLC d/b/a Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms of Iowa – have been linked to the Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak that has sickened over 1500 nationwide. He’s already hired a team of criminal defense lawyers. The FDA – and [...]