Some bad news… And no, it is not about the explosive diarrhea parasite this time.
As we previously reported last month, the Food and Drug Administration announced that Midwest Poultry Services L.P. voluntarily recalled 1,589,577 cartons of eggs due to a possible Salmonella Enteritidis contamination. If you don’t know, Salmonella is “an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.” The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that people often begin showing signs of the infection between 6 hours and 6 days after swallowing the bacteria. Those infected often suffer from fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, or, in more serious cases, deal with severe illnesses like arterial infections, endocarditis, and arthritis.
The affected eggs were produced in Texas and shipped to various Kroger stores in Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma, Brookshire Grocery stores in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, and Mississippi, and other smaller retail outlets. They were produced between June 6 and July 3 and have sell-by or best-by dates of July 20, 2026, and August 17, 2026. Now, the FDA has an unfortunate update on the situation. The recall has been upgraded to the highest risk level in an enforcement report on Wednesday.
The agency deemed it a Class 1 recall, meaning “a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.” But don’t panic too much yet. The FDA explained that it often determines recall classifications well after the initiating “firm provides all of the information needed to determine the risk posed to public health.” Therefore, the agency said it “should not be seen as an expansion or change to a firm’s voluntary public warning.” The FDA continued:
“Firms often initiate voluntary recalls and provide public statements or notifications as part of their commitment to protecting consumers, which may occur well before the FDA completes its classification process and subsequently posts to this report.”
The exact contaminated egg products have been listed in the enforcement report. You can see it HERE. Midwest Poultry Services previously asked customers not to consume the impacted eggs and to return them to the place of purchase for a refund. As of late July, The Hill states that no illnesses have been reported in connection with the recalled eggs.
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