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United States v. DeCoster
Citation:
828 F.3d 626 (2016)Facts
Jack DeCoster owned Quality Egg, LLC, an Iowa egg production company with six farm sites containing 73 barns filled with five million egg-laying hens, while his son Peter served as Chief Operating Officer. Despite experiencing salmonella issues at their Maine facilities in 2008 and receiving positive environmental test results in Iowa between 2006 and 2010, the DeCosters failed to implement adequate preventive measures. In 2010, approximately 56,000 Americans fell ill with salmonellosis traced to Quality Egg’s facilities. FDA inspection revealed unsanitary conditions including live and dead rodents, holes in walls, and manure piled to the rafters. The investigation also uncovered that Quality Egg had falsified records, bribed USDA inspectors, and misled regulators. Though the DeCosters claimed they had no knowledge that the eggs were contaminated, they admitted they were in positions of authority to detect, prevent, and correct the violations had they known about them.
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