228 Million Eggs Recalled in 8 States Due to Salmonella Outbreak

228 Million Eggs Recalled in 8 States Due to Salmonella Outbreak

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Nothing in the world is tastier than cheese grits, toast, ham and eggs. But you may want to drop the eggs for the time being if you do not have a farm or raise your own chickens.

On Aug. 17, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a recall for an egg producer in Iowa. Wright County Egg in Galt, Iowa, has recently been connected with an outbreak of illnesses in several states, including California and Minnesota. Health officials in the states of California and Minnesota have reported that tainted eggs have made at least seven people sick. In California it has been reported that 266 cases of bad eggs have made people sick. The voluntary recall seeks to retrieve 228 million eggs. The CDC said most cases were due to a strain of salmonella.


According to the Minnesota Department of Health, “the salmonella enteriditis cases were identified in two restaurant outbreaks in May and July, in which eggs were identified as the likely source.”  They also stated that “it is estimated that for every confirmed case of salmonella, there are approximately 38 unconfirmed cases.”


The recalled eggs were distributed to food wholesalers in Colorado, Nebraska, California, Illinois, Missouri, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa and were distributed and packaged under the company names of Lucerne, Albertson, Mountain Dairy, Ralph’s, Boomsma’s, Sunshine, Hillandale, Trafficanda, Farm Fresh, Shoreland, Lund, Dutch Farms and Kemp. Currently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is investigating this incident and the farm to determine the source of the contamination.

If infected with the salmonella enteritidis bacterium, a person may experience fever, abdominal cramps, and diarrhea beginning 12 to 72 hours after consumption and the illness normally lasts 4 to 7 days.


Just a few weeks ago, Valley Meat Company of Modesto, Calif., had to recall approximately one million pounds of frozen ground beef patties and bulk ground beef products suspected to be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, an escherichia coli bacterium.

torrance stephens, ph.d.

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