USA: Huge Egg Recall And Salmonella Outbreak.
Farms.com Editors
Two Iowa egg farms have recalled more than half a billion eggs as part of the largest U.S. salmonella outbreaks in a decade that may have caused up to 2,000 illnesses across the country.
Two large Iowa egg producers, Hillandale Farms of Iowa and Write County Egg, and several of their distributors announced voluntary recalls last week for eggs shipped .
Their eggs were sold under the following brand names: Hillandale Farms, Sunny Farms, Sunny Meadow, Wholesome Farms, West Creek, Lucerne, Albertson, Mountain Dairy, Ralph's, Boomsma's, Sunshine, Hillandale, Trafficanda, Farm Fresh, Shoreland, Lund, Dutch Farms, Kemps, James Farms, Glenview, Pacific Coast, Alta Dena Dairy, Driftwood Dairy, Hidden Villa Ranch, Challenge Dairy and Country Eggs.
Wright County Egg has recalled 380 million eggs and Hillandale Farms recalled 170 million, bringing the total recall to 550 million eggs.
The recalled eggs were sold in 22 states: Arizona , Arkansas , California , Iowa , Illinois , Indiana , Kansas , Minnesota , Missouri , Nebraska , North Dakota , South Dakota , Ohio , Texas , Wisconsin , Nevada , Colorado , Oklahoma , Washington , Oregon , Georgia and Utah .
The CDC says 1,993 cases of salmonella have been reported since May 1. Only about 700 cases would normally have been reported during the same time, the CDC says -- although it estimates that 40,000 Americans get salmonella every year. Most cases are never reported.
The eggs from Hillandale Farms and Wright County Eggs may have caused the outbreak of Salmonella enteritidis around the United States . Salmonella is a bacteria found on the surface of egg shells and inside raw eggs and can cause fever, diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal pain and sometimes more serious illness or death.
FDA expects to publish its first findings at the end of the week, but the investigation may continue after that.