USA-Egg Producers to Spend 3 Months in Prison for 2010 Salmonella Outbreak

Food Safety Magazine 

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis, MO has denied appeals from Austin “Jack” DeCoster and his son Peter DeCoster–the pair behind a multistate Salmonella outbreak in 2010 that sickened roughly 56,000 people. The DeCosters’ family-owned company, Quality Egg LLC, was said to be the largest egg producer in the U.S. Now, both father and son–ages 82 and 52, respectively– will be spending the next 3 months in a Yankton, SD federal prison.