Friday, September 3, 2010

Former egg farm workers say complaints ignored

FDA Inspectors only concerned with grading eggs not the sanitary conditions.

The USDA employees worked next to areas where roughly 7.7 million caged hens laid eggs at the two operations, but agency spokesman Caleb Weaver said their main duties are "grading" the eggs and they aren't primarily responsible for looking for health problems

Two former workers at Wright County Egg facilities, Robert and Deanna Arnold, said they reported problems such as leaking manure and dead chickens to USDA employees, but nothing was done.

Click on the following for more details:  Business & Technology | Former egg farm workers say complaints ignored | Seattle Times Newspaper

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