razbry wrote:David Hammond...recalled. Can I do that?
Chicago-based egg distributor Dutch Farms Inc. says it was unknowingly, and unfairly, swept up in the recall of 228 million eggs following an outbreak of salmonella poisoning.
Company officials say nobody buying Dutch Farms eggs in the Chicago area could be getting tainted eggs.
Dutch Farms is listed among the brands that might contain recalled eggs originating from a farm in Iowa called Wright County Egg. However, Dutch Farms hasn't done business with that egg farm since 2006, the company said.
Wright County used "unauthorized egg cartons to package and sell eggs under the Dutch Farms name without Dutch Farms knowledge," Dutch Farms contends.
"I was stunned," said Brian Boomsma, president of Dutch Farms. "I didn't know what to do. I thought, 'I don't do business with them.'"
Wright County Egg didn't purposefully misuse another company's cartons, a spokeswoman said. It was simply packing cartons on behalf of a distributor.
In any event, potentially contaminated eggs ended up in Dutch Farms-labeled cartons. Specifically, they are cartons stamped with the plant identification number 1946 and dates 136 through 225, which are Julian dates representing the number of days into the current year.
Dutch Farms cartons containing eggs from Wright County were distributed to Walgreens stores in seven states: Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, South Dakota and Arkansas. None were sold in Chicago, said Dutch Farms spokeswoman Karen Van Prooyen.
"Anybody buying Dutch Farm eggs in the Chicago area absolutely cannot be affected," Van Prooyen said.
David Hammond wrote: Millions of eggs recalled due to salmonella scare.
guinness wrote:I didn't care about the salmonella in peanut butter because I don't eat peanut butter but eggs are in everything!!
* August 20, 2010 – Hillandale Farms of Iowa Conducts Nationwide Voluntary Recall of Shell Eggs Because of Possible Health Risk
* August 20, 2010 – GloryBee Foods Recalls Whole Raw Pistachio and Whole Raw Pistachio Kernels Because of Possible Health Risk
* August 19, 2010 – COUNTRY Eggs, Inc. Initiates Voluntary Recall of Large AA Loose 15 dozen Fresh Shell Eggs Because of Possible Health Risk
* August 19, 2010 – Austinuts Wholesale, Inc. Announces Voluntary Recall of Pistachio Kernel Products
* August 19, 2010 – Salmonella in Alfalfa Sprouts
* August 18, 2010 – Wright County Egg Expands Nationwide Voluntary Recall of Shell Eggs Because of Possible Health Risk
* August 18, 2010 – Montalvan’s Sales, Inc. Recalls “La Nuestra” Brand Frozen Mamey Because of Potential Health Risk
* August 17, 2010 – NuCal Foods Conducts Recall of Shell Eggs Supplied from Wright County Egg Because of Possible Health Risk
* August 13, 2010 – Goya Foods, Inc. Announces Voluntary Recall of Frozen Mamey Pulp, Produced By Coco, S.A. of Guatemala Because of Potential Health Risk
* August 13, 2010 – Wright County Egg Conducts Nationwide Voluntary Recalls of Shell Eggs Because of Possible Health Risk
* August 13, 2010 – Merrick Pet Care Recalls Filet Squares & Texas Hold’ems 10oz Bag (Item # 60016 All Lots) Because of Possible Salmonella Health Risk
The Onion wrote:"Rigorous testing has shown that salmonella is...fine," FDA director of food safety Stephen Sundlof said. "In fact, our research indicates that there's no need to pull any more foodstuffs from the market. Not raw chicken. Not contaminated spinach. Not thousands of jars of harmful peanut butter. Not anything."
Federal officials investigating conditions at the two Iowa mega-farms whose products have been at the center of the biggest egg recall in U.S. history found filthy conditions, including chickens and rodents crawling up massive manure piles and flies and maggots "too numerous to count."
Water used to wash eggs at one of the producers tested positive for a strain of salmonella that appears to match the variety identified in eggs that have sickened at least 1,500 people, according to preliminary Food and Drug Administration reports of inspections at facilities operated by Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms of Iowa Inc.
Darren72 wrote:Those farmer's market eggs don't seem so expensive after all:
Filthy conditions found at egg producersFederal officials investigating conditions at the two Iowa mega-farms whose products have been at the center of the biggest egg recall in U.S. history found filthy conditions, including chickens and rodents crawling up massive manure piles and flies and maggots "too numerous to count."
Water used to wash eggs at one of the producers tested positive for a strain of salmonella that appears to match the variety identified in eggs that have sickened at least 1,500 people, according to preliminary Food and Drug Administration reports of inspections at facilities operated by Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms of Iowa Inc.
Consumers should not eat the desserts and should dispose of them in a sealed container so that people and animals (including wild animals) cannot get access to and eat them.
The desserts are available through retail, wholesale and internet sales, and may not be labeled as coming from Rolf’s Patisserie. Resellers include grocery stores. Rolf’s Patisseries also distributes the products through a catering service and to institutions such as nursing homes.
BunchBite wrote:Kind of old news...but: Salmonella in sprouts!
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-illinois-salmonel,0,6683775.story
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