Egg Company Execs Jailed Over Salmonella Outbreak

Reprinted with permission from Alternet.

A couple of rotten eggs finally got their due. Well, sort of.

On June 27, 2016, Jack and Peter DeCoster, former owners of a Quality Egg Co. (not kidding), were ordered to begin serving time in jail.

The pair previously had been sentenced to three months each in jail for their role in a salmonella poisoning outbreak in 2010. The culprits admitted to knowingly shipping eggs with false processing and expiration dates to fool state regulators and retail customers about their age, and to bribing a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspector at least twice to approve sales of poor-quality eggs.

In sentencing the egg operators, U.S. District Judge Mark Bennett said, “Given the defendants’ careless oversight and repeated violations of safety standards, there is an increased likelihood that these offenses, or offenses like these, could happen again. The punishment will also serve to effectively deter against the marketing of unsafe foods and widespread harm to public health by similarly situated corporate officials and other executives in the industry.” A “litany of shameful conduct” occurred under the DeCosters’ “watch,” Judge Bennett told NBC News.


http://www.nationalmemo.com/egg-company-execs-jailed-salmonella-outbreak/


And then the country has the right wing congress, defunding inspections of food , and letting ass****s like these two and a FDA inspector going along for the ride, maybe they should have been asked to eat the eggs?