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Prison Sentence for Executives in Contaminated Egg Case Highlights Food Safety Risks

Last Thursday, July 7, 2016, a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit upheld a three-month jail sentence against Austin “Jack” DeCoster and his son Peter, the CEO and COO respectively of Quality Egg LLC.  The CDC determined that Quality Egg was responsible for a salmonella outbreak that ultimately sickened… Continue Reading

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