More than 70 people across seven states have been sickened due to a salmonella outbreak linked to eggs recalled by a California-based egg distributor, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
On Friday, the August Egg Company recalled 1.7 million dozen brown cage-free and brown certified organic eggs, sold under multiple brand names, that have the “potential to be contaminated,” according to a recall notice from the US Food and Drug Administration.
Of the 79 people sickened, 21 people have been hospitalized and no deaths have been reported, the CDC said.
The eggs were sold to restaurants and retailers in Arizona, California, Illinois, Indiana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, Washington and Wyoming, according to the CDC. They were distributed at retail locations including Walmart, Save Mart, FoodMaxx, Lucky, Smart & Final, Safeway, Raleys, Food 4 Less and Ralphs.
People are still buying eggs?
thankfully we will soon stop tracking and reporting all this stuff so these sorts of problems should disappear really soon, just like covid did.
This shit is what happens when you defund the FDA.
The Market will fix this.
The secretary of health and human services recommend those sick with salmonella to boost their immune systems by bathing in raw sewage and do some push-ups.
If you dilute your own feces x 1000 parts distilled spring water and consume it, you’re immune.
Not just any spring water. It has to be from Nestle’s Eternal Springs.
“400 percent cheaper”.
“1.7 million dozen”
I’m American, how many is that in football stadium capacities?
Did you know the egg industry kills about 7 billion chicks globally, every single year? Well, now you do
Gotta crack some eggs to make an omelette
I think you might have misunderstood: they hatch chicks to raise into chickens, but any chick that’s male can’t lay eggs, so why keep them around? They throw the male chicks, live and within hours of their birth, into an industrial blender.
France and Germany are using in ovo sexing since 2022, there is a total ban on chick culling in both countries, and a lot of EU countries are planning to follow them.
It’s the one bright side of that wiki article.
(It’s also mad that France led the way on humane treatment of food animals, see: gavage; ortolan bunting)
Wash the eggs. Wash your hands. Wash any surfaces that uncooked food comes in contact with. Cook your eggs properly (until whites and yolks are firm). For egg dishes like frittatas, you should cook them to an internal temperature of 160 degrees Fahrenheit. The real risk from salmonella is from foods that you eat raw like lettuce and tomatoes, etc.
“August Egg Company is not selling fresh shell eggs at this time. Our firm has voluntarily been diverting eggs to an egg-breaking plant for over 30 days, which pasteurizes the eggs and kills any potential foodborne pathogens,”
Pasteurize means heating the food to a high enough temperature for a long enough time to kill the germs. These tainted eggs are now being broken open and sterilized and sold to companies that will turn them into other products you buy. Next time you buy a breakfast sandwich at a fast food joint, or a container of egg-whites at the grocery store, it could very well be from this batch of eggs.
Which doesn’t matter at all, from a health perspective. It’s perfectly fine. Just like cooking your raw chicken so the salmonella is dead.
Exactly.
The egg industry is hampered by too much red tape, what’s really needed is a bonfire of slashed regulation!
outbreaks every so often aren’t unusual so i don’t want to be alarmist but this is going to happen at a higher frequency because of Trump’s appointees. they’re all corrupt and were only chosen because they’ve sworn fealty to him. for example, the dr. who heads the FDA, Martin Makary, used to work for John Hopkins and advocated for vaccines and masking and sounded like your normal average physician during the pandemic. now, a few months in to his role as head of the FDA, he’s announced that covid vaccines are going to be limited to only people 65+ older or compromised individuals. you’d think maybe there’s some supply chain issue or logistic difficulty or idk anything reasonable that would support the recommendation, but no, Dr. Makary thinks they “aren’t necessary.” in 2024 he was vocally opposed to vaccine mandates as well and hasn’t changed that opinion.
heh, dozens
Always wash your eggs folks
Ironically, one of the reasons we have to refrigerate our eggs is because they’re required to be washed in the factory farm process which removes a natural protective membrane.
I mean I keep mine in the fridge but then wash them again anyway Yolo
It’s still a good idea to refrigerate them. It is possible, if unlikely, that salmonella can get inside the shell from the mother before the egg is laid. Keeping the eggs below 40 degrees Fahrenheit will keep the germs from growing inside during storage.
For those doubting me and down-voting.
Salmonella can get inside eggs too. This happens while the egg is forming inside the chicken before the egg makes a shell. Today, a lot fewer egg-laying hens have this problem than during the 1980s and 1990s, so eggs are safer. But some eggs are still contaminated with Salmonella.
So that they spoil faster and profits would increase?
Actually the opposite. Our eggs need to be refrigerated, but the process also means they spoil slower if properly chilled. Washing also removes contaminants from the environment where they’re laid, which is not very hygienic because they’re fucking chickens, there’s old feed, dirt and chicken shit everywhere regardless of the type of size of facility or backyard. Having them washed during processing means you generally don’t need to bother washing them at home, you can just use them.
It’s two different ways of operating, each with some advantages and disadvantages.
Cool, I learned something new today. Dunno why I got sad votes for asking but idc
Halcyon to the rescue again!
While technically a question, the form it was asked is typically sarcastic.
One of the many reasons why it’s cool being vegan
You know you can get salmonella from plants too, right? And you’re less likely to fully cook them.
I know how to cook, don’t worry
You know you can get salmonella from plants too, right?
That’s a little disingenuous framing. The salmonella usually gets on the plants from contaminated water, and the water gets contaminated by waste runoff from sick animals.
No matter how you look at it, mass animal agriculture is the main culprit.
Even so, I would say your framing is more disingenuous. You can’t just ignore the actual risk of getting salmonella from plants just because the source comes from elsewhere.
That’s fair. Nobody should be suggesting we do ignore those risks. Obviously wash all your veggies well. But its still important to inform people that intensified animal farming is the source of a myriad of wide scale human health risks.
