Judge Orders Egg Executives to Prison 7 Years After Salmonella Outbreak
After exhausting all appeals, two egg industry executives have been ordered by a federal judge to begin their prison sentences later this summer.
In 2010, father and son duo Jack and Peter DeCoster--who ran the now-defunct Quality Egg LLC-- were believed to be behind a massive 2010 Salmonella outbreak linked to contaminated eggs they distributed across the U.S. Each was found guilty of knowingly selling adulterated eggs, although both claim to have had no knowledge of doing so. As a result, an estimated 56,000 consumers fell ill, and some were even left with permanent injuries stemming from Salmonella exposure.