Surprise, Surprise: Salmonella-Tainted Eggs Came From Filthy Farms

Published by PETA Staff.
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Like Claude Rains in Casablanca, federal inspectors were shocked—shocked!—to find that the egg farms implicated in the recent salmonella outbreak (which led to a still-spreading recall) were filthy and shoddily maintained. In fact, a recent investigation by the Food and Drug Administration turned up barns that were infested with flies, maggots, and scurrying rodents as well as piles of droppings 4 to 8 feet high in the manure pits below the battery cages.

Surprised? We weren’t. Over the past decade, a series of undercover investigations by our friends at Mercy for Animals have inevitably found cruel and unhealthy conditions on egg farms around the country—including one that was owned by the same man who operates the nasty farms that are responsible for the current disaster.

 

 

Fortunately, it’s easy to crack the egg habit; just scramble over to VegCooking.com for tips and recipes.

Written by Jeff Mackey

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