Whats the public temperature on final kill steps in food?
Today, the monolithic recall of eggs due to salmonella contamination grew even bigger. Hillandale Farms, of Iowa (like Wright County Egg Co.), voluntarily recalled 170 million eggs that it sent to 14 states, stating that “laboratory-confirmed illnesses” had been associated with the eggs. Federal officials followed Hillendale’s announcement with the clarification that, in addition to Wright County Egg’s eggs, Hillendale’s eggs were, in part, the cause of the large national salmonella outbreak that has sickened close to 2,000 people in multiple states since May. One Illinois egg producer, National Pasteurized Egg, has seized this opportunity by announcing earlier today that it has ramped up production of its Davidson’s Safest Choice Pasteurized Shell Eggs to meet anticipated increased demand for its product. So yes, it is obviously entirely possible, assuming egg companies can foot the increased production cost bill, to eliminate the problem of Salmonella contamination of shell eggs. Pas
