DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Experts say low-cost vaccines that may have helped prevent the kind of salmonella outbreak that led to the recall of more than a half-billion eggs haven’t been given to half the nation’s egg-laying hens.
The vaccines aren’t required in the U.S, but officials in Great Britain say vaccinations have given that country the safety egg supply in Europe.
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