10.09.2012

A recent inspection revealed Salmonella bacteria in two poultry barns implicated in an outbreak that sickened roughly 2,000 people and led to the recall of more than 500 million eggs in 2010.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspectors who visited the Centrum facilities between April 30 and May 4 of 2012 discovered Salmonella Heidelberg  in two of six poultry houses during a routine inspection in the Clarion/Galt poultry houses.
Centrum Valley Farms said the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) found Salmonella Heidelberg bacteria in two of six poultry houses during a routine inspection. The eggs were tested multiple times, and the FDA eventually approved them for sale, according to AP. The plant is under intense scrutiny because it was one of several egg production facilities implicated in the 2010 outbreak. Jack DeCoster owned and operated the facility during the outbreak, and Centrum Valley Farms took over management of the Clarion, Iowa, operation.