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Cruel Conditions for Hens on Battery Cage Egg Farms Are Making Headlines

A growing number of Americans are learning about the cruel conditions on egg factory farms from reports in newspapers as well as on local television stations.

Below are links to some of this media coverage.

• Kroger Leads Lawsuit Over Egg Prices
  Progressive Grocer
  December 23, 2010

• Unsafe eggs linked to US failure to act
  Washington Post
  December 11, 2010

• “Humane Society: Undercover video shows alleged abuse at egg farm”
  CNN
  November 17, 2010

• “Chicken Abuse Alleged at Largest Egg Producer”
  MSNBC
  November 17, 2010

• “Rotten Eggs? Undercover Video Reveals Disturbing Conditions At Massive Egg Farm”
  ABC News
  November 17, 2010

• “Egg Recall: Here We Go Again”
  CBSNews.com
  November 9, 2010

• “Egg recall: DeCoster-linked farm releases contaminated eggs. Again.”
  Christian Science Monitor
  November 9, 2010

• “Eggs from Ohio farm are recalled over salmonella concerns”
  Los Angeles Times
  November 9, 2010

• “Cal-Maine adds more shell eggs to voluntary recall”
  MSNBC.com
  November 9, 2010

• “New Egg Recall Due to Salmonella”
  WebMD Health News
  November 9, 2010

• “Eggs recalled after salmonella found at Ohio farm”
  Associated Press
  November 8, 2010

• “40 million chicks on ‘conveyor belt to death’”
  The Telegraph
  November 4, 2010

• “Secret film of chicks slaughter released”
  The Daily Mirror
  November 4, 2010

• “Footage shows chick ‘destruction’”
  The Press Association
  November 3, 2010

• “Fifth Lawsuit Filed in Salmonella Egg Outbreak”
  Food Safety News
  October 27, 2010

• “Salmonella-Contaminated Egg Farm Still Not Compliant with FDA Rules”
  Associated Content
  October 22, 2010

• “Conflicts of interest mar food producers’ independent inspections”
  Washington Post
  October 22, 2010

• “Organic Eggs from Dirty, Crowded, Indoor Chickens”
  Change.org
  October 19, 2010

• “CDC: Salmonella illnesses in egg outbreak top 1,800”
  Food Poison Journal
  October 19, 2010

• “FDA warns egg company to clean up or be shut down”
  Associated Press
  October 18, 2010

• “FDA warns Iowa egg producer involved in salmonella outbreak to clean up sanitation violations”
  Los Angeles Times
  October 18, 2010

• “Organic Egg Farms May Not Be as Clean as You Think”
  AOL News
  October 13, 2010

• “Author details dangers of industrial farming”
  Bay State Banner
  October 7, 2010

• “Clean Living in the Henhouse”
  New York Times
  October 7, 2010

• “Egg recall is key issue in ag secretary race”
  Bloomberg BusinessWeek
  October 6, 2010

• “Attorneys Describe ‘Deplorable’ Conditions At Egg Farm”
  KETV News
  October 6, 2010

• “Cracking Open the Lies Behind Egg Cartons”
  Change.org
  October 5, 2010

• “Organic farms debate letting chickens outdoors”
  Seattle Times
  September 30, 2010

• “Oops! F.D.A. Error Is Talk Of Henhouse”
  New York Times
  September 30, 2010

• “Unscrambling the Egg Disaster”
  New York Times Freakonomics Blog
  September 28, 2010

• “Punitive Damages Added to Salmonella Egg Lawsuits”
  Food Safety News
  September 28, 2010

• “Minn. Food Safety Firm To Inspect Iowa Farms in Wake of Egg Recall”
  KSTP-TV News
  September 28, 2010

• “Fried, Scrambled, Infected”
  New York Times
  September 26, 2010

• “Egg recall hearing: ‘Biohazard Crew’ exposes sickening conditions on farms”
  DC Vegan Examiner
  September 24, 2010

• “Apologizing, Egg Producer Says His Business Grew Too Quickly”
  New York Times
  September 23, 2010

• “Egg farms with violations need scrutiny, Markey says”
  Boston Globe
  September 22, 2010

• “Owner of Iowa egg farm won’t testify at hearing”
  Associated Press (as printed in Washington Post)
  September 22, 2010

• “House Hearing On Salmonella-Tainted Eggs Turns Testy”
  All Things Considered (NPR)
  September 22, 2010

• “Factory Farmer’s Apology Will Not Make Eggs Safer”
  Huffington Post
  September 22, 2010

• “Egg farm family apologizes for salmonella outbreak, promises reforms”
  CNN.com
  September 22, 2010

• “An Iowa Egg Farmer and a History of Salmonella”
  New York Times
  September 22, 2010

• “It’s official: Jack DeCoster rules the U.S. egg roost”
  Grist
  September 17, 2010

• “Eggs, antibiotics and the limits of industrial agriculture”
  St. Louis Post-Dispatch
  September 17, 2010

• “Egg Probe Tracks Tainted Feed”
  Wall Street Journal
  September 17, 2010

• “Timeline of Shame: Decades of DeCoster Egg Factory Violations”
  The Atlantic
  September 16, 2010

• “Lawsuit seeks class-action in egg recall case”
  Associated Press
  September 16, 2010

• “Eggs from farms tied to DeCoster found locally”
  Boston Globe
  September 16, 2010

• “New Wright County Egg data on salmonella stun experts”
  USA Today
  September 16, 2010

• “Salmonella was often found in eggs at Iowa farm”
  Washington Post
  September 15, 2010

• “Egg recall unveils horrors of food industry”
  University of Tulsa Collegian
  September 14, 2010

• “Fears led to crackdown on egg safety in Maine”
  Des Moines Register
  September 14, 2010

• “Egg-loving salmonella bacteria have been sickening people for decades”
  Washington Post
  September 14, 2010

• “Egg recall adds pressure for Senate on food safety bill”
  Food Business News
  September 14, 2010

• “Egg Inspectors Failed to Raise Alarms”
  Wall Street Journal
  September 10, 2010

• “USDA knew of problems at egg recall farm: report”
  Reuters
  September 10, 2010

• “Experts say big egg farms can mean big problems”
  Associated Press
  September 10, 2010

• “Hey, this is no yolk!”
  Philadelphia Inquirer
  September 9, 2010

• “Egg industry fighting efforts to increase cage sizes”
  Washington Post
  September 7, 2010

• “Former Egg Farm Employees Say Their Complaints Were Ignored: Report”
  Bloomberg Businessweek
  September 3, 2010

• “Egg industry alarmed at cage limits”
  Washington Post
  September 3, 2010

• “Egg farmers: Good managing can help control salmonella”
  USA Today
  September 3, 2010

• “Eggs’ ‘Grade A’ Stamp Isn’t What It Seems”
  Wall Street Journal
  September 2, 2010

• “Nicholas Kristof: Cleaning the Henhouse”
  New York Times
  September 2, 2010

• “Dalai Lama to chicken farmers: Let your hens roam and your eggs be salmonella-free”
  Los Angeles Times blog
  August 31, 2010

• “Inspectors: Egg farms in recall unsanitary”
  Washington Post
  August 31, 2010

• “Egg Farms Violated Safety Rules”
  New York Times
  August 31, 2010

• “Filth, rats found at Iowa egg producers at center of recall”
  USA Today
  August 31, 2010

• “Egg Safety and Animal Rights in the Age of Industrial Farming”
  To the Point (NPR)
  August 31, 2010

• “Filthy Iowa Farms Linked to Contaminated Eggs”
  ABC News
  August 30, 2010

• “Egg industry resorts to blaming the victim in recall, critics say”
  USA Today
  August 30, 2010

• “Our view on food safety: Egg recalls fit pattern of negligence, lax oversight”
  USA Today
  August 30, 2010

• “Egg recall heats up debate over caging chicken”
  San Francisco Chronicle
  August 27, 2010

• “How to recall half a billion eggs”
  Marketplace (NPR)
  August 24, 2010

• “Egg on Their Faces: What the USDA and the FDA can learn from the recall of 500 million eggs due to salmonella”
  Slate.com
  August 24, 2010

• "Egg Industry Faces New Scrutiny After Outbreak"   
  New York Times
  August 24, 2010

• "Egg Recall Exposes Gaps in Federal Oversight"   
  FoxNews.com
  August 23, 2010

• "Congress probing egg recall, DeCoster farms"   
  DesMoines Register
  August 22, 2010

• "A supplier in egg recall has history of violations"   
  Associated Press
  August 22, 2010

• "Before salmonella outbreak, egg firm had long record of violations"   
  Washington Post
  August 22, 2010

• "Are Cages to Blame for Egg Recall?"   
  CNN – Jane Velez Mitchell Show
  August 20, 2010

• "Egg Recall Linked Salmonella Grows"   
  ABC World News
  August 20, 2010

• "Egg Recall Expanded After Salmonella Outbreak"   
  New York Times
  August 19, 2010

• "New Documents Boost Egg-Price Fixing Lawsuit Claim"   
  Associated Press
  April 12, 2010

• "Humane Society Finds Abuse by US Egg Producers"
  Reuters
  April 7, 2010

• Video Shows Chicks Ground Up Alive at Iowa Egg Hatchery
  Associated Press
  September 1, 2009

• "Unscrambling National Egg Month with vegan recipes"
  DC Examiner
  May 1, 2009
  
  
• "Easter eggs aren’t all they’re cracked up to be"
  DC Examiner
  April 7, 2009
  
  
• "Team 5 Investigates Chicken Farm Abuse"
  WCVB-TV
  April 2, 2009
  
  
• "State executes search warrant at Turner egg farmer"
  The Sun Journal
  April 1, 2009

• "Measure to provide better treatment of farm animals passes"
  The Los Angeles Times
  November 5, 2008

• "Prop 2: the humane thing to do"
  The Los Angeles Times
  October 28, 2008
  
  
• "Voters to Decide Whether Animals Need More Space"
  The Washington Post
  October 26, 2008
  
  
• "A California Ballot Measure Offers Rights for Farm Animals"
  The New York Times
  October 23, 2008
  
  
• "Footage of mistreated hens released in support of Proposition 2"
  The Los Angeles Times
  October 14, 2008
  
  
• "Animal rights group uses undercover video to push for probe of poultry firm"
  Los Angeles Times
  May 6, 2008
  
  
• "Animal-rights group to release video of Merced County egg farm"
  Merced Sun-Star
  May 6, 2008
  
  
• "Activists release video of chickens abused at Calif. Farm"
  Associated Press
  May 6, 2008
  
  
• "Abuse on the egg farm"
  ABC7 News in California
  May 5, 2008
  
  
• "Hen cage ballot measure going to voters"
  Modesto Bee
  April 11, 2008
  
  
• "Animal rights fight to ballot"
  Sacramento Bee
  April 10, 2008
  
  
• "Seven or more eggs a week raises risk of death"
  Reuters
  April 9, 2008
  
  
• "Animal Rights Groups Sues Egg Producer, Trade Group over Logo"
  Associated Press
  February 20, 2008
  
  
• “SC monks to end egg farm after animal-rights group criticism”
  WIS (Columbia, S.C.)
  December 19, 2007
  
  
• "Consumers Deserve Truth on Caged Vs. Free Hens"
  Syracuse Post-Standard
  May 18, 2007
  
  
• “Egg Industry Comes Under Fire Again”
  Joplin Independent
  March 21, 2007
  
  
• “Farm Goes on Defense”
  The Intelligencer Journal
  March 3, 2007
  
  
• “Mount Joy Egg-Farm Cruelty Case Resumes”
  The Intelligencer Journal
  March 2, 2007
  
  
• “Egg Industry to Drop Logo”
  Associated Press
  September 21, 2006
  
  
• “Egg Industry Settles Hen Care Dispute”
  Pacific Business News
  September 21, 2006
  
  
• “Animal Cruelty Charges Come Home To Roost”
  Lancaster Sunday News
  August 13, 2006
  
  
• “Settlement Eyed in Egg Farm Case”
  Intelligencer Journal
  August 8, 2006
  
  
• “Egg-Farm Cruelty Case Ends with Lawyers Seeking Deal”
  Associated Press
  August 7, 2006
  
  
• “Professor: Egg Farm Had Deteriorating Cages, Neglected Birds”
  Associated Press
  August 7, 2006
  
  
• “1 charge Dropped in Egg-Farm Cruelty Case”
  Lancaster New Era
  August 7, 2006
  
  
• “Animal Cruelty Trial”
  CBS-21, WHP in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
  August 7, 2006
  
  
• “Chicken Farm Owner, Manager Face Cruelty Charges”
  NBC-8, WGAL in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
  August 7, 2006
  
  
• "Humane Society Tags Michael Foods Egg Farm"
  Lincoln Journal Star
  June 13, 2006
  
  
• "Wakefield Egg Company Comes Under Scrutiny of Humane Society"
  CBS-14, KMEG in Souix City, Iowa
  June 13, 2006
  
  
• "Hen Activist Says the War on Cages Will Go On"
  New York Times
  May 7, 2006
  
  
• "Egg Farm Filmer Acquitted of Burglary"
  Associated Press
  May 4, 2006
  
  
• "Egg Farm Cruelty Charges"
  CBS-21, WHP in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
  April 19, 2006
  
  
• "Egg Plant Loses Bid to Suppress Animal Activist's Evidence"
  Associated Press
  April 18, 2006
  
  
• "Cage-Free Is Closer to Ruling the Roost"
  USA Today
  April 11, 2006
  
  
• "Controversy Hatching over Wegman's Egg Farm"
  Buffalo News
  April 9, 2006
  
  
• "Humane Society Sues Over Tax Break for Poultry Industry"
  San Francisco Chronicle
  February 2, 2006
  
  
• "New Target in Battery Cage Chicken Crusade"
  ABC-7, KGO TV in San Francisco, California
  February 1, 2006
  
  
• "Senator Wants to Give Hens Living Room"
  The New Journal
  January 31, 2006
  
  
• "Graphic Undercover Video Leads to Animal Cruelty Charges"
  NBC-8, WGAL in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
  January 11, 2006
  
  
• "Animal Cruelty Charges"
  CBS-21, WHP in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
  January 11, 2006
  
  
• "Egg Farm Hit with Cruelty Charges"
  Associated Press
  January 11, 2006
  
  
• "Lancaster County Egg Farm is Cited for Animal Cruelty"
  The Philadelphia Inquirer
  January 10, 2006
  
  
• "Trader Joe's Makes Change to Egg Policy"
  ABC-7, KGO TV in San Francisco, California
  November 8, 2005
  
  
• "Egg Producers Agree on New Logo"
  The Baltimore Sun
  October 6, 2005
  
  
• "Egg Producers Relent on Industry Seal"
  The New York Times
  October 4, 2005
  
  
• "Egg Label Changed After Md. Group Complains"
  The Washington Post
  October 4, 2005
  
  
• "Egg Producers Group Agrees To Alter Logo, Settling Complaint"
  The Des Moines Register
  October 4, 2005
  
  
• "Egg Industry Replaces Debated Logo"
  USA Today
  October 4, 2005
  
  
• "Advocates Challenge Humane-Care Label on Md. Eggs"
  The Washington Post
  September 19, 2005
  
  
• "Activists Say Tape Proves Cruelty at Ohio Egg Farm"
  The Toledo Blade
  February 7, 2005