Austin Jack Decoster. A Stain on Iowa Agriculture?
Egg Recall No Surprise?
Austin Jack Decoster has a history of breaking good agricultural practices. A farm in Turner, Maine was described as a sweatshop, deplorable and unsafe. A fine of $2 million was levied on him. On to Iowa where he was tagged a "habitual violator" and not allowed to start up any new farms.
From there we find Austin Jack Decoster being sued by Mexican women who said that they were sexually harassed (including rape) and a settlement was reached. Decoster egg farms were raided at least 3 times for illegal immigrants working there.
So why is Austin Jack Decoster allowed near food that humans are to consume? How many violations should a person get before you just pull the plug and say "you're out of the food and agricultural business"?
Where is this huge egg recall and Austin Jack Decoster's past violations leading us? More government control of our food. Decoster isn't the only violator, there are many, but I fear this is the one that opens the door for more government.
How about this instead? 1. Hire legal Americans to fill the jobs. 2. Pay a good wage with benefits. 3. Hire more food inspectors and make sure that they are above reproach. 4. IF a company violates rules, shut them down until they can run a safe product.
Instead I believe the government will finally implement it's food radiating program. There are many who do not want to see this happen. But I think a crisis like this egg recall will open the door wide for it. And unless you raise your own eggs, meat and veggies, you will have to buy what is offered by the government run food business.
We don't know exactly what happened in this latest egg recall. Was it something related to Austin Jack Decoster? Decoster's Wright County egg farm is certainly right in the middle of it all. I suspect we might find that it was in the feed that was used. Whatever caused it, shouldn't Iowa be looking at business men like Decoster? Iowa is known as the bread basket. With people like Austin Jack Decoster, Iowa has a huge agricultural PR problem on its hands.
Published by Sherry Tomfeld
Gardening and food preservation are her passion, she has been doing both for 30 years.Working thousands of head of hogs, raising cattle, goats and chickens to being lead cook in a 90 resident nursing home. S... View profile
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9 Comments
Post a CommentIneresting, thanks for the info. I'm not an egg eater,so I don't fit the average of 250 eggs/year by any stretch!
All anyone has to do is cook eggs and not eat them raw. This is easy right?
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Don't you love Big Brother? Don't you know "Big Brother knows what's best for us and our families!" Fortunately science has an answer, you can be reprogrammed! One day, with tears streaming down your cheeks, you will be sorry for all those mean things you said, you will truly love Big Brother and we will have a truly harmonious society with no nasty old dissent. Read Orwelle, Washington is working on it!
Yikes...this goes way beyond a recall. You did a good job getting this info out! Much to ponder now for the day!
Wow, great report.
Scary.
This smacks of the same political malfeasance thaqt was directed aqainst tOYOTA, iT STINKS. tHE LAST RECALL WAS FOR EGGS SHIPPED IN mAY. What a crock! These crooks have changed our favorable business climate to one no one wants to touch.
I would not put faith in anything from Iowa. After all, that is the state that continues to elect Tom Harkin.