Egg recall: DeCoster-linked farm releases contaminated eggs. Again.
Egg recall this past week involves megafarmer Jack DeCoster, whose farm was part of this summer's huge 550 million egg recall.
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Peter DeCoster's claim of contaminated food is a red herring, he said. The FDA requires that there be systems in place to contain or prevent the spread of disease, regardless of its point of entry, and those systems are either nonexistent or broken at DeCoster's farms, Mr. Falkenstein said. "There was negligence hand over fist in this situation."
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If you think you may have bought some of the 288,000 recalled eggs, check your cartons against the package codes below. Plant numbers and Julian dates can be found printed on the individual cartons. The Julian date follows the plant number. For example: P 1457-282 refers to eggs from plant 1457 and packaged on Oct. 9, the 282nd day of the year.
| Product Description | UPC Code | Plant Number | Julian Date | Sell By/Expiration Date |
| Sunny Meadow Jumbo | 6 05388 71459 6 | 1457 | 282, 284 | 11/07/10;11/09/10 |
| Sunny Meadow Large | 6 05388 71457 2 | 1457 | 282 | 11/07/10 |
| Sunny Meadow Large 18 | 6 05388 71461 9 | 1457 | 282 | 11/07/10 |
| Sunny Meadow Extra Large | 6 05388 71458 9 | 1457 | 284 | 11/09/10 |
| Sunny Meadow Extra Large 18 | 8 13905 00120 7 | 1457 | 282 | 11/07/10 |
| Sunny Meadow 5 Dozen | 6 81131 74355 6 | 1457 | 284 | 11/09/10 |
| Sunny Meadow 6 Pack | 6 05388 71462 6 | 1457 | 284 | 11/09/10 |
| Springfield Grocer Medium Loose | 1457 | 282 | 11/07/10 | |
| Springfield Grocer Extra Large Loose | 1457 | 284 | 11/09/10 | |
| Springfield Grocer Large Loose | 1457 | 284 | 11/09/10 | |
| Sun Valley Large | 0 33643 00018 2 | 1457 | 284 | 11/24/10 |
| James Farm Medium | 0 97009 01083 3 | 1457 | 285 | 11/07/10 |



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