Federal authorities have expanded the recall of eggs tied to an outbreak of salmonella in the Midwest. On Friday 170 million eggs from Hillandale Farms of Iowa were recalled. That’s on top of the 380 million eggs recalled from Wright County Egg, also in Iowa. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the salmonella outbreak has likely sickened 1,300 people. No deaths have been reported. Both of the factory farms affected by the recall are linked to a businessman named Austin DeCoster, who has a record of health, safety and employment violations. In 1997 his company, DeCoster Egg Farms, agreed to pay a $2 million fine after then-Labor Secretary Robert Reich said conditions at his farm were “as dangerous and oppressive as any sweatshop.” In 2002 DeCoster’s company paid $1.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of Mexican women who reported they were subjected to sexual harassment, including rape, abuse and retaliation by supervisors at his plants. Earlier this summer, another company linked to DeCoster paid out $125,000 to the state of Maine over animal cruelty allegations.