Egg recall for salmonella! YIKES

[gryeyes]

Salmonella outbreak
triggers 228 million egg
recall; 266 sickened in
California

C. Johnson Last updated 29 mins ago

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Health officials say tainted
eggs have sickened at least 266 Californians with
salmonella, despite a multi-state recall.

Los Angeles County health officer Dr. Jonathan
Fielding said Tuesday the sick will develop diarrhea,
fever and cramps and the illness typically lasts four
to seven days.

Babies, the elderly and those with weak immune
systems are vulnerable to more severe illness.

Eggs from Wright County Egg of Galt, Iowa, were
delivered to wholesalers, distribution centers and
food service companies in California, Illinois,
Missouri, Colorado, Nebraska, Minnesota,
Wisconsin and Iowa.

Seven cases of salmonella were linked to the same
recall in Minnesota.

The eggs were distributed around the country and
packaged under the names Lucerne, Albertson,
Mountain Dairy, Ralph's, Boomsma's, Sunshine,
Hillandale, Trafficanda, Farm Fresh, Shoreland,
Lund, Dutch Farms and Kemp.

The Food and Drug Administration is investigating
the egg company.

The Associated Press

 

[Jenski]

Hmmm, no problems with MY eggs.

 

[gryeyes]

Or mine, either. I was just thinking of all my friends who do not have the advantage of eating the eggs produced by my chickens..... thems a lot of brands listed there!

 

[justbugged]

I noticed this when I signed on today for my e-mail. It makes me very happy to have chickens that lay home grown eggs. I read the article and got a laugh at the thought of all the people that feel superior for buying on store bought eggs, that don't come out of chickens behinds.

 

[usschicago1]

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[silkiechicken]

If people fully cooked their store bought eggs, they should be fine. Now I sure wouldn't ever eat a raw store egg, but a raw farm egg has a hundred fold lower chance of salmonella.

 

[Happy Chooks]

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No kidding!

I eat my own spinach too, so no worries there either! (Last year here, there was a huge problem with spinach)

 

[TheBarnSwallow]

yea i take my eggs over store bought any day

 

[mychickensrock]

We can't use our eggs right now because of worming treatment. As bad as I need some eggs, I sure as heck won't buy them at the store. Even if it weren't for that article. Love my little chicken buddies

 

[Happy Chooks]

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Me too, but I saved my eggs up before worming. So I'm good for 7 more days. It kills me to throw away those eggs.