According to Food Production Daily, The FDA is responsible for egg safety when eggs are still in the shell, but the USDA takes over once they are broken. In addition, the FDA is in charge of chicken feed safety, while the USDA is responsible for the chickens. [Meanwhile] ...the division of responsibilities between agencies was highlighted again last summer during the recall of more than half a billion eggs from two Iowa egg producers, thought to have sickened at least 1,900 people.
So, which came first? The USDA, The FDA, the chicken, the egg or over 1,900 sick Americans? (And those are the ones that went to the hospital.)
Hint: I don't believe that more government intervention is the answer. Could it be...consumer awareness of factory farming and our purchasing power?
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