It Could Happen Here
Cracking the Case on Egg Corruption

Cracking the Case on Egg Corruption

It Could Happen Here

October 5, 202622:28

About this episode

<p>James looks into the DOJ investigation into egg price fixing and what it can tell us about the way our food system treats animals and people.</p> <p>Sources:</p> <p><a href="https://www.justice.gov/atr/media/1450281/dl?inline">https://www.justice.gov/atr/media/1450281/dl?inline</a>&nbsp;<br><a href="https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-unscrambling-the-egg-ma/204490574/">https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-unscrambling-the-egg-ma/204490574/</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.978076/gov.uscourts.cacd.978076.77.0.pdf">https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.978076/gov.uscourts.cacd.978076.77.0.pdf</a>&nbsp;<br><a href="https://climate.law.columbia.edu/content/trump-administration-cancels-contract-bird-flu-vaccine-development">https://climate.law.columbia.edu/content/trump-administration-cancels-contract-bird-flu-vaccine-development</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><a href="https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2025/02/26/usda-invests-1-billion-combat-avian-flu-and-reduce-egg-prices">https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2025/02/26/usda-invests-1-billion-combat-avian-flu-and-reduce-egg-prices</a>&nbsp;<br><a href="https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU0000708111">https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU0000708111</a>&nbsp;<br><a href="https://www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps/Poultry/chickegg.php">https://www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps/Poultry/chickegg.php</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><a href="https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/whd/whd20231204">https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/whd/whd20231204</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><a href="https://www.dol.gov/index.php/newsroom/releases/whd/whd20240502">https://www.dol.gov/index.php/newsroom/releases/whd/whd20240502</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6248715/1/united-states-v-ramirez/">https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6248715/1/united-states-v-ramirez/</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><a href="https://www.versova.com/trillium-farms/">https://www.versova.com/trillium-farms/</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndoh/pr/labor-trafficker-sentenced-encouraging-illegal-entry-guatemalan-nationals-including">https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndoh/pr/labor-trafficker-sentenced-encouraging-illegal-entry-guatemalan-nationals-including</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><a href="https://u.osu.edu/osuhtblog/2018/03/02/failed-by-the-government-guatemalan-minors-placed-into-custody-of-traffickers/">https://u.osu.edu/osuhtblog/2018/03/02/failed-by-the-government-guatemalan-minors-placed-into-custody-of-traffickers/</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>"</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>