32 million cartons of eggs (380 million eggs total) have been recalled due to a salmonella outbreak which has sickened hundreds of people. The eggs are distributed nationwide by Wright County Egg of Galt, Iowa, under the following brands:Albertson's
Boomsma's
Dutch Farms
Farm Fresh
Hillandale
Kemps
Lucerne
Lund
Mountain Dairy
Ralph's
Shoreland
Sunshine
Trafficanda
These eggs have been sold in many stores, including Safeway, Ralophs, Walgreens, Foodsco, and Food 4 Less.
Dates and Numbers: The eggs being recalled have dates between May 16 and August 13, and product codes P-1026, P-1413, and P-1946
Advice: The CDC advises people not to eat these eggs - either return them to the store for a refund, or throw them away. If you believe you have eaten any of these eggs and have symptoms of salmonella (fever, abdominal cramps, and diarrhea beginning 12 to 72 hours after consumption of the contaminated food), consult your doctor.
Note: The Humane Society is pointing out that cage-free and free-range eggs carry less danger from salmonella.
Photo: Dimitri Vervitsiotis/Getty Images
Related Resources:
- Egg Safety Instructions From About.com's Guide to Nutrition
- What are Cage-Free, Free-Range, Etc, Eggs?
- Egg Nutrition and Recipes
If you are in Iowa–the three dozen eggs I purchased from Fareway last week are included in this recall.
I haven’t used any yet–I let eggs age for a week to 10 days for hard boiling.
Thanks for covering this in this blog!
What if my eggs fall within that date range, but are not from any of those factories? Is the recall for eggs distributed between those dates AND from those factories, or from those dates OR from those factories?
BB, if your eggs aren’t any of those brands, you should be safe. As always, follow the egg safety guidelines I’ve linked to, though.
I quit buying “regular” eggs a long time ago and switched to cage-free or range-free. Yes, they are more expensive, but, if more people would do this, perhaps the inhumane system we have in place now will begin to cease. Better for us AND better for the poor chickens!
I am assuming they are only dangerous if eaten uncooked. If hardboiled, salmonella should be gone.
One more reason to buy pastured meat and eggs from organic farmers.
Totally agree on the pastured eggs – I feel lucky to be able to get them in my weekly CSA box from a local farmer.
On the cooked eggs – it should kill the bacteria, but a woman is suing after getting salmonella after eating a Cobb salad – they aren’t sure how that happened at this point (could be cross-contamination). Another of the first cases was from a custard. Again, could be from restaurant workers not washing hands after handling the raw product, but they haven’t nailed it down yet.
This contains a lot of good information, but I’d like to know about laying hens being fed soy and how that affects the nutrition of the egg. After drinking soy milk and eating tofu for years, I’m now steering away from soy due to some concerns about it.
Just a few months ago, my father told me he learned that when handling eggs, even just after cracking one open, we should wash our hands well with soap because of bacteria and other baddies. It makes sense to me because of where they come out of the chicken. I’ve been washing my hands after handling eggs ever since. it can’t hurt and something to think about.