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Prosecutor: Ex-Iowa egg farm manager to plead guilty to 2010 salmonella outbreak bribe charges
Original Publication Date: September 12, 2012 3:24AM
Publication Updated: January 9, 2025 4:52AM
IOWA CITY, Iowa – A federal prosecutor says a manager at the Iowa egg farms linked to a 2010 nationwide salmonella outbreak will plead guilty to trying to bribe a USDA inspector to allow the sale of unsafe eggs.
Tony Wasmund is charged with conspiring to bribe a public official. U.S. Attorney Stephanie Rose says Wasmund has agreed to plead guilty Wednesday at federal court in Cedar Rapids.
A charging document says Wasmund authorized an employee to offer a $300 bribe to a U.S. Department of Agriculture inspector to approve eggs for sale that did not meet federal standards.
Wasmund is a former manager under Jack DeCoster whose farms in Wright County were blamed for the outbreak.
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