Firm that had ties to DeCoster buys 3 egg farms
Three egg farms in Maine have been sold to Hillandale Farms, a Pennsylvania-based company that had close ties to Jack DeCoster, the Maine egg magnate who received a jail sentence earlier this year for his involvement with a 2010 salmonella outbreak.
The Portland Press Herald reported that Hillandale bought farms in Turner, Leeds and Winthrop that were once owned by DeCoster, who the newspaper called “perhaps the most infamous businessman in Maine history.” DeCoster and his son, Peter, in April each received a three-month jail sentence and $100,000 fines for their involvement with the 2010 salmonella outbreak.
The newspaper said the company’s founder, Orland Bethel, has had close ties with DeCoster for years. It also said that Hillandale controlled one of the two Iowa farms that were connected to the 2010 salmonella outbreak (DeCoster and his son, Peter, owned the other one). The newspaper noted that Bethel appears to have ended ties with DeCoster after the outbreak.
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