The Great Smoky Mountain Journal
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Tuesday, January 01, 2019 02:47 PM
More Than 200 Million Eggs Recalled Due To Salmonella Traced To Farm In North Carolina
The federal Food and Drug Administration reported Friday that eggs from the affected farm were distributed to nine states — Colorado, Florida, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia — and were likely connected to 22 reported cases of salmonella infections.
The agency learned about a cluster of salmonella outbreaks in multiple
states last month, and investigators worked with the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention and state authorities to trace the source of the
illness, the F.D.A. said. That led them to an egg farm in Hyde County,
N.C., owned by Rose Acre Farms of Seymour, Ind.
The affected farm has paused its egg distribution and the company has
voluntarily recalled more than 206 million eggs. The F.D.A. urged
consumers to check their purchases and avoid eating eggs that might be
contaminated.
Eggs from the North Carolina farm were sold to restaurants and in
supermarkets under multiple brand names, including Coburn Farms, Country
Daybreak, Food Lion, Glenview, Great Value, Nelms and Sunshine Farms.
The egg cartons affected by the recall should be labeled with the plant
number P-1065, with packing dates ranging from 011 through 102. (That is
according to the Julian number system that many egg companies use to
record packing dates. It means Jan. 11 through April 12.)