More than 500-million eggs have been recalled after outbreaks of salmonella nationwide. The head of the FDA says her agency needs more authority to prevent food borne illnesses. Forum discusses the weaknesses in food safety regulation and what should be done.

Host: Michael Krasny

Guests:

• Bill Marler, food safety attorney
• Dan Sumner, professor of agricultural and resource economics at UC Davis
• Lyndsey Layton, staff writer for the Washington Post
• William Hubbard, former associate commissioner for the FDA

Related Links:

• FDA: Recalls, Market Withdrawals, & Safety Alerts
• Civil Eats: Egg Gaps Illustrate Fractured Food Safety System by Helena Bottemiller
• The Atlantic: The Egg Industry's Full-Page Ad, Translated by Marion Nestle
• NYTimes: Heart of Iowa as Fault Line of Egg Recall by Monica Davey
• HuffPost: Tainted Meat/Rotten Eggs: What Does It Really Take to Make Food Safe? by Alison Rose Levy
• NPR: Salmonella Found In Chicken Feed At 2 Iowa Farms
• NPR: Tainted Eggs Renew Calls For Food Safety Overhaul by April Fulton
• NPR: How To Stay Safe During The Egg Recalls by Whitney Blair Wyckoff

Grist:

• After a half billion bad eggs get released, the FDA reveals filthy conditions of Wright County Egg by Tom Philpott

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