We at Freddyo would like to take the time to reiterate the news reports concerning the salmonella egg epidemic (August 21). A recent nationwide recall of eggs appears poised to touch off a litigation egg-splosion. An Iowa egg producer this month announced the recall of about 500 million eggs that may be contaminated with salmonella. The salmonella outbreak has likely sickened 1,300 people, according the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA Today reports. No deaths have been reported.

A half-billion eggs have been recalled in the nationwide investigation of a salmonella outbreak that Friday expanded to include a second Iowa farm. More than 1,000 people have already been sickened and the toll of illnesses is expected to increase.

Iowa’s Hillandale Farms said Friday it was recalling more than 170 million eggs after laboratory tests confirmed salmonella. The company did not say if its action was connected to the recall by Wright County Egg, another Iowa farm that recalled 380 million eggs earlier this week. The latest recall puts the total number of potentially tainted eggs at over half a billion.