A Seymour, Indiana based farm voluntarily recalled more than 200 million eggs in nine states.    As Indiana Public Broadcasting’s Brock Turner reports, while Indiana was not among the states that produced or received contaminated eggs, the company’s operations could be impacted nationwide.

Through a public relations partner, Rose Acre Farms says they’re voluntarily recalling nearly 207 million eggs in several states because they could potentially be contaminated with salmonella.  While none of the eggs came from or went to Indiana, the company is based here.

Darrin Karcher is an Assistant Professor of Animal Sciences at Purdue University.  While he couldn’t comment on this specific situation, he says many instances of salmonella spreading have a common cause.

“Most of the time when we see an outbreak like this associated with eggs there is likely a very strong component that we have neglected some safe food handling in the process.”

Rose Acre Farms started in the 1930s as a family chicken farm in rural Indiana.  They’ve grown consistently since then to become the second-largest egg producer in the United States.  The company is one of the anchors for the state’s poultry industry.

For Indiana Public Broadcasting, I’m Brock Turner.