(Dow Jones) -- The criminal division of the Food and Drug Administration and the Justice Department have joined the probe of the Iowa farm at the heart of the recent egg recall linked to an outbreak of salmonella, according to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, the Wall Street Journal reported.
"There is a formal investigation going on that extends beyond the FDA inspections that are focused on farm practice," said Dr. Hamburg during a press conference Wednesday at the Justice Department on an unrelated matter.
"It is the case that an investigation is under way," she said. "We are pursuing it ...
