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Salmonella outbreak linked to eggs sickens dozens of people across 7 | |
states | |
By Rebekah Riess, CNN | |
Updated: | |
1:11 PM EDT, Sat June 7, 2025 | |
Source: CNN | |
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, . | |
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 | |
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. | |
Salmonella can “cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young | |
children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune | |
systems,” according to the FDA. Salmonella can also cause fever, | |
diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain in healthy people who get | |
infected. | |
“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,” the company said in a statement provided to the | |
FDA. “It is important to know that when our processing plant | |
identified this concern, we immediately began diverting all eggs from | |
the plant to an egg-breaking facility, which pasteurizes the eggs and | |
kills any pathogens.” | |
The company also said its internal food safety team is “conducting | |
its own stringent review” to identify future preventative measures. | |
“We are committed to addressing this matter fully and to implementing | |
all necessary corrective actions to ensure this does not happen | |
again,” the company said. | |
The CDC recommends that anyone who has the recalled eggs in their home | |
or business throw them out or return them to the store where they were | |
purchased. | |
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