More Than 200 Million Eggs Recalled Because of Salmonella Risk
April 15 2018 - 05:52PM
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Associated Press
RALEIGH, N.C. -- More than 200 million eggs distributed to
restaurants and grocery stores in nine states have been recalled
because of bacterial contamination.
A notice posted on the Food and Drug Administration website
Friday said the eggs shipped from a North Carolina farm may be
tainted with salmonella. The bacteria can cause nausea, diarrhea
and, in rare cases , death. Twenty-two illnesses have been
reported.
"Consumers with these eggs shouldn't eat them," FDA Commissioner
Scott Gottlieb said on Twitter. "Throw them away or return them to
place of purchase for credit or refund."
The notice said Indiana-based Rose Acre Farms was voluntarily
recalling the eggs "through an abundance of caution." A company
spokesman didn't immediately respond to a message seeking further
comment Sunday.
The eggs reached consumers in Colorado, Florida, New Jersey, New
York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia and
West Virginia, according to the notice.
The recall came about after the illnesses were reported in
states along the East Coast, and the FDA inspected the farm in
eastern North Carolina's Hyde County that produces about two
million eggs per day. Gottlieb said the agency's testing connected
the recalled eggs to the people who got sick.
The notice lists varieties of a Food Lion store brand as well as
some cartons available as the Great Value brand, which is sold at
Walmart. The recall also lists eggs that were distributed to the
Waffle House restaurant chain.
Food Lion has pulled the recalled eggs from shelves of the
approximately 400 stores where they were available, said
spokeswoman Emma Inman.
"The eggs that are in the stores today are safe," she said by
phone. She said she didn't have information on whether Food Lion
customers were among those who got sick.
-- Copyright 2018 Associated Press
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
April 15, 2018 17:37 ET (21:37 GMT)
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