Salmonella Egg Outbreak Will be Aired Before Congressional Committee
A Congressional hearing entitled "The Outbreak of Salmonella in Eggs'' is scheduled to begin at noon Wednesday in Washington, D.C. before the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
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The latest agenda for the meeting notes that two of the five scheduled witnesses are victims of the Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak. Those victims are Sarah Lewis and Carol Lobato. According to the committee's briefing memo, the hearing at 12:00 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building will examine the recent Salmonella outbreak associated with shell eggs produced by Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms of Iowa. The hearing continues the Subcommittee’s investigative activities concerning the adequacy of efforts to ensure the safety and security of the nation’s food supply.
The hearing follows a massive egg recall in August by Wright County Egg of Galt, Iowa, and Hillandale Farms of Iowa. State and federal health investigators have associated more than 1,600 cases of Salmonella Enteritidis with contaminated eggs from those two farms. Wednesday's hearing calls for testimony from top executives of both companies, including Wright County Egg founder Austin "Jack" DeCoster. Media reports indicate DeCoster will apologize.
His egg operations have drawn scrutiny from regulators in the past and the committee has documentation of previous problems with Salmonella at Wright County Egg.
The nationwide outbreak has prompted an egg class action lawsuit and a Minnesota egg lawsuit filed by PritzkerOlsen, P.A. Fred Pritzker, president of the national Salmonella law firm, is having the egg farms inspected next week and is continuing to accept cases from those who have suffered Salmonella infections in the outbreak.
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