Massive National Egg Recall

This past week saw a huge egg recall in the US. News reports estimate the number of salmonella-contaminated eggs somewhere around 228 million. The tainted eggs originated in Iowa, but cases of related illnesses have appeared in Minnesota, Colorado, and California. There are 13 brands involved, including store-brands from leading national supermarkets. The FDA is [...]

August 21, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: News  No Comments

Red Robin goes cage-free

Another fast food chain has agreed to only use eggs from facilities that do not use battery-cages. Cage-free factory farms are not exactly heaven for animals, but removing battery-cages from the equation is a major improvement. As the recent undercover investigation into New England’s largest egg farm demonstrated, forcing hens to live in barren wire [...]

July 23, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Animal Rights, More Veg Options, News, Veg Advocacy  No Comments

Victory: BOCA Goes Egg-free

A couple weeks ago I posted an article here about BOCA considering going egg-free. Well, yesterday the company announced that they are making the compassionate decision and phasing out all egg ingredients by the end of 2009. This comes after only two weeks of activists and consumers making phone calls, sending emails and writing letters [...]

March 21, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Animal Rights, Misc, News  3 Comments