CDC, public health and regulatory officials in several states, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella infections.
On April 13, 2018, Rose Acre Farms of Seymour, Indiana, voluntarily recalled 206,749,248 shell eggs because they could be contaminated with Salmonella bacteria. On April 16, 2018, Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. voluntarily recalled 23,400 dozen eggs purchased from Rose Acre Farms.
Recalled eggs were sold in grocery stores and to restaurants under multiple brand names, including Coburn Farms, Country Daybreak, Crystal Farms, Food Lion, Glenview, Great Value, Nelms, Publix, Sunshine Farms, and Sunups. Check for egg cartons with for the following numbers: plant number P-1065 (the plant number) and another set of numbers a Julian date between 011 and 102 (the Julian date), or, for Publix and Sunups egg cartons, plant number P-1359D and Julian date 048A or 049A with Best By dates of APR 02 and APR 03.
As of April 16, 2018, 35 people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Braenderup have been reported from 9 states. A list of the states and the number of cases in each can be found HERE.
Illnesses started on dates ranging from November 16, 2017 to April 14, 2018. Ill people range in age from 1 to 90 years, with a median age of 65. Fifty percent of ill people are female. Of 28 people with information available, 11 (39%) have been hospitalized and no deaths have been reported.
State and local health officials continue to interview ill people to ask about the foods they ate and other exposures they had before they became ill. Twenty-two (88%) of 25 people interviewed reported eating shell eggs. Sixteen (64%) reported eating various egg dishes at different restaurants.
The FDA traced the source of some of the shell eggs supplied to these restaurant locations to Rose Acre Farms’ Hyde County, North Carolina farm. FDA investigators inspected the farm and collected samples for testing. Laboratory testing identified the outbreak strain of Salmonella Braenderup in environmental samples taken at the farm.
On April 13, 2018, Rose Acre Farms of Seymour, Indiana, voluntarily recalled 206,749,248 shell eggs because they could be contaminated with Salmonella bacteria. Recalled eggs were sold in grocery stores and to restaurants in Colorado, Florida, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia under multiple brand names, including Coburn Farms, Country Daybreak, Crystal Farms, Food Lion, Glenview, Great Value, Nelms, and Sunshine Farms.
