egg recall

Led by the health insurance reform law, a flurry of drug and food recalls, key medical breakthroughs and plenty of layoffs and lawsuits, 2010 proved to be an exciting -- if not always positive -- year. Here's our rundown of the biggest health care stories.

In a year that saw a massive number of food recalls, 2010 may go down as the year of the egg. Two Iowa egg farms in August recalled more than a half-billion eggs after salmonella contamination sickened more than 2,400 people across the country. The salmonella was tracked to feed used at the farms....

Eggs are heading back to store shelves from Hillandale Farms, one of two big Iowa egg producers who in August recalled more than 500 million eggs because of Salmonella contamination that sickened more than 1,600 people. The Food and Drug Administration on Monday night announced it had approved...

Two of more than 1,500 consumers sickened by salmonella contamination that prompted the recall of 500 million eggs told a Congressional committee their horror stories today as officials of two egg companies apologized to legislators skeptical they had really reformed. "What we learned about the...

While Congress struggles to modernize the U.S.'s impotent food safety laws, China has come up with its own, rather creative solution: Kill the culprits. China -- the country that produces the vast majority of our recalled consumer products and has had some of the most scandalous episodes of mass...

Evidence of hundreds of positive tests for Salmonella contamination in the past two years at the egg-producing facilities in Iowa that had to recall some 500 million eggs have congressional leaders questioning this "disturbing" revelation. More than 1,500 people were sickened in a Salmonella...

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.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials today unveiled the final list of the contamination problems they found at the two egg producers at the heart of a 500-million plus egg recall, and the listing painted a pretty scary picture of the nation's food supply. They found: Holes that allowed...

Your morning omelet is about to get a whole lot pricier. Following a massive recall of 550 million eggs, wholesale prices for eggs have soared 40%. That's likely to translate into higher egg prices in stores within the next two weeks.

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.