500 Million Eggs Recalled! Really?

Well, at least we all have heard about this recall. There are thousands of food products recalled every year and many of them don't gain media attention. I guess this one was just too big to hide.

Originally, the eggs contaminated with salmonella apparently came from one company in Ohio that owns three farms. Now they have found another farm with contaminated eggs. Good grief! How many chickens does that represent?

These factory farms keep their animals in appalling conditions. We have no way of knowing what they are being fed or what the cleanliness standards are. In the movie "Food Inc." factory farms and the horrible practices behind them were exposed. It would be worthwhile to rent the movie if you haven't seen it.

This is another good reason for buying organic food from local farmers that you are familiar with. The chance is less likely that you will be getting poor quality food that has to be recalled.

As for food storage purposes, organic dry powdered eggs have not been available yet. Now would be a perfect time to contact your favorite distributor and ask them to get organic dry eggs in #10 cans. We need to be confident that our food storage is the highest quality it can be.