Many egg producers still not complying with food-sanitation rules

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Two-tenths of a penny per dozen. That's what it costs Pennsylvania farmers to make eggs safer. By disinfecting henhouses, trapping rodents and testing regularly for harmful bacteria, the state's egg farmers have cut the presence of salmonella by more than half.

But egg producers in much of the rest of the country haven't followed suit. Last summer, two large Iowa producers recalled 500 million salmonella-tainted eggs — the largest egg recall in history. More than 1,900 people nationwide grew sick, causing alarm for consumers.

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Peter Finn 02 Oct, 2011

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