The Associated Press
IOWA CITY, Iowa — The Iowa egg producers blamed for a 2010 salmonella outbreak have settled a lawsuit brought by a California distributor that lost profits from the foodborne illnesses and the resulting product recalls, court records show.
Quality Egg and Hillandale Farms reached the settlement July 11 with NuCal Foods Inc., ending three years of litigation in federal court in Sacramento that shed light on the outbreak and its aftermath. Financial terms were not immediately released. Quality Egg was based in Galt, Iowa, and owned by Jack DeCoster, who built one of the nation's. . .

