Publisher's Platform: Jack and Peter – You are going to Jail By Bill Marler  Austin "Jack" DeCoster, 79-years-old, and his 51-year-old son, Peter DeCoster, in a week will both face possible jail sentences stemming from salmonella outbreak caused by their Iowa egg farms in 2010. The Salmonella outbreak ran from May 1 to Nov. 30, 2010, and prompted the recall of more than a half-billion shell eggs, the largest recall... Continue Reading
Poultry Industry Misleads the Public About the Humaneness of Slaughter By Dena Jones  People are often shocked to learn how little government oversight exists surrounding the way animals are slaughtered in the United States. There are only about 148 (full-time equivalent) humane slaughter inspectors for the 148 million cows, pigs and sheep slaughtered every year at federally inspected establishments, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). That's... Continue Reading
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The government's plea agreement with Austin (Jack) DeCoster, his son Peter, and Quality Egg LLC leaves it "to the the Court's discretion whether to impose a sentence of incarceration, home confinement, or probation," according to a newly available court document. That disclosure came in the government's brief filed Monday in advance of next week’s sentencing of... 
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