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After an outbreak of salmonella infections among 65 people in nine states occurred on a Wisconsin farm, health officials initiated an egg recall.
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services said in a statement Friday that among those infected with salmonella were 42 people from Wisconsin, where the eggs were believed to have been sold.
“The eggs were distributed in Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan through retail stores and food distributors,” the agency said. “The recall includes all egg types, including conventional free-range, organic and non-GMO eggs, carton sizes and best-before dates in containers labeled ‘Milo’s Poultry Farms’ or ‘Tony’s Fresh Market.'”
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed in a statement on its website that as of Friday, 65 people in nine states had been infected with a strain of salmonella, 24 people had been hospitalized and there had been no deaths. The affected states include Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, Virginia, Colorado, Utah and California, the agency said.
The egg recall was conducted by Milo’s Poultry Farms LLC of Bonduel, Wisconsin, the CDC said.
“Anyone who purchased the recalled eggs is advised not to eat or cook with them and to throw them away. Restaurants should not sell or serve recalled eggs,” the Wisconsin Department of Health Services said.
The agency advised anyone who ate the eggs and experienced symptoms to contact a doctor. Symptoms include diarrhea, abdominal pain, fever and vomiting lasting several days, the statement said.
In July, the US Department of Agriculture announced new measures to limit salmonella contamination in poultry products. The proposed rule requires poultry companies, among other things, to keep salmonella contamination below a certain limit and to test for the presence of six particularly pathogenic forms of the bacteria. Three of these are found in turkeys and three in chickens.
Bacteria that exceed the proposed standard and the identification of any of the strains would prevent the sale of poultry and could result in the products being recalled.
The CDC estimates that Salmonella causes 1.35 million infections each year, most of them through food, and about 420 deaths. The Department of Agriculture estimates that 125,000 infections occur each year through chicken and 43,000 through turkey.
