Breakfast Recall: More Brands of Contaminated Eggs Recalled

Update: Sunday, August 22 - Still more brands have been added to the list, including Alta Dena and Driftwood. The Egg Safety Center is keeping a list, and there is a photo at the bottom of the page showing how to find the correct numbers on your egg cartons. All of the eggs affected by the recall were from the Iowa distributors.

Saturday, August 21: A new egg recall brings the total to over HALF A BILLION of recalled eggs it's up to almost 2 eggs for every person in this country! This is truly mind-boggling.

The latest company to recall its eggs due to salmonella contamination is Hillandale Farms of Iowa. According to the FDA, affected brands are "Hillandale Farms, Sunny Farms, and Sunny Meadow in 6-egg cartons, dozen-egg cartons, 18-egg cartons, 30-egg package, and 5-dozen cases. Loose eggs are packaged under the following brand names: Wholesome Farms and West Creek in 15 and 30-dozen tray packs. The loose eggs may also be repackaged by customers."

If you have eggs by these companies, check the packages for these numbers, again according to the FDA:

"The only eggs effected by this recall have plant numbers P1860 or P1663 and Julian dates as follows:

• P1860 - Julian dates ranging from 099 to 230
• P1663 - Julian dates ranging from 137 to 230"

Of course, this is in addition to the recalled eggs from a few days ago.

This is another example of how large agribusiness leaves us vulnerable. Shop local whenever you can. Cage-free eggs are less likely to be contaminated, and better yet are free-range and (best) pastured eggs, where the hens are actually running around eating what hens are supposed to eat. And those eggs are better for us, as well!

Photo © Kostas Konstantopoulos

Related Resources:

• About.com's Local Foods Site
  
  
• Cage-Free vs Free Range vs Pastured Eggs
  
  
• Egg Safety