Salmonella: Egg recall (list below)

[mzteris]

The eggs were distributed around the country and packaged under the names Lucerne, Albertson, Mountain Dairy, Ralph's, Boomsma's, Sunshine, Hillandale, Trafficanda, Farm Fresh, Shoreland, Lund, Dutch Farms and Kemp.


WASHINGTON (AP) — A salmonella outbreak that sickened hundreds and led to the recall of hundreds of millions of eggs from one Iowa firm will likely grow, federal health officials said Thursday. Almost 2,000 illnesses from the strain of salmonella linked to the eggs were reported between May and July, about 1,300 more than usual, he said. No deaths have been reported. The CDC is continuing to receive information from state health departments as people report their illnesses.

.....Minnesota, a state with some of the best food-borne illness investigators in the country, has tied at least seven salmonella illnesses to the eggs. California has reported 266 illnesses since June and believes many are related to the eggs. Colorado saw 28 cases in June and July, about four times the usual number.

Other states have seen a jump in reports of the same type of salmonella. Spikes or clusters of suspicious cases have also been reported in Arizona, Illinois, Nevada, North Carolina, Texas and Wisconsin.

The CDC said investigations by 10 states since April have identified 26 cases where more than one person became ill. Preliminary information showed that Wright was the supplier in at least 15 of those.

Much of the investigation so far has been centered on restaurants in California, Colorado, Minnesota and North Carolina.

http://www.latimes.com/business/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-us-tainted-eggs,0,1542323.story

[doc03]

1. This is another example of a company with a long history of

EPA, Federal Health and Safety, illegal worker and even animal cruelty violations.
http://www.nbc.com/news-sports/msnbc-video/thousands-sickened-by-bad-eggs/

[uppityperson]

2. k&r for wider viewing and love my homegrown eggs

[tridim]

3. I have a postive match in my fridge.

I've already eaten half of them, nothing's coming up so far.

[fasttense]

4. I have a tough time believing that the strain of salmonella is from inside chickens.

"The form of salmonella tied to the outbreak can be passed from chickens that appear healthy. And it grows inside eggs, not just on the shell, Braden noted."

I suppose it can be passed between chickens but I'm thinking it can also simply be passed by contact.

Because every time there has been a serious illness outbreak, you find some strange going ons between animals and how unnaturally they are fed, or treated. It rarely is a naturally occurring problem that has NOT been aggravated by industrial farming methods.

"The businessman who owns Wright County Egg, Jack DeCoster, has been cited for numerous health, safety and employment violations in the past. In 1997, DeCoster Egg Farms agreed to pay $2 million in fines to settle citations brought in 1996 for health and safety violations at DeCoster's farm in Turner, Maine."

I just can't believe it's a coincidence that DeCoster has had a series of health and safety violations and now the eggs he distributed all over the country have a problem. It's just not a coincidence.

[DailyGrind51]

5. Thanks for this!