Egg Producer Tied to Massive Recall Fought USDA for 20 Years

• Company behind massive salmonella-related egg recall waged decades-long court battle against salmonella regulations after prior problems with the bacteria • Rose Acre Farms once called some USDA salmonella regulations “silly” and “absurd,” according to a federal appeals court judge

The egg producer at the center of one of the nation’s largest salmonella-related recalls has a history of prior problems with the potentially deadly foodborne bacteria, one that led to a 20-year court fight over federal food safety and related regulations.

Rose Acre Farms Inc., a top U.S. egg producer and Seymour, Ind.-based company, voluntarily recalled 206 million eggs in ...