Wright County Egg

Cal-Maine Foods Inc. recalled 288,000 eggs after Salmonella contamination was found on the farm of one of its Ohio suppliers. That company, Ohio Fresh Eggs LLC of Croton, Ohio, has been financially linked to a key figure in the massive egg recall this summer that was prompted by reports of more...

The Food and Drug Administration and the Justice Department have joined an investigation into the massive egg recall. Meanwhile, former USDA egg graders say their complaints of unsanitary conditions, including towering piles of manure, were ignored.

Salmonella has been found in the feed used at the farms linked to the massive outbreak and subsequent recall of eggs and was at least one of the causes, federal officials said today. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said this is the largest outbreak of Salmonella enteritidis...

The recall of half a billion eggs potentially tainted by salmonella has scared shoppers, who are increasingly willing to pay higher prices for safer eggs. Organic and premium egg producers are now struggling to keep up with demand.

Following a salmonella outbreak, Hillandale Farms has added a recall of more than 170 million eggs to Wright County Egg's earlier recall of 380 million. That's a lot of bad eggs, making this one of the largest egg recalls in recent history.

Will the Wright County Egg recall leave the whole industry with egg on its face? Even though only one egg producer has been linked to the salmonella cases, the recall might end up turning consumers off eggs, if the spinach and beef recalls are any indication.