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The Brief
– Recently, 95 people have been reported sick after a salmonella outbreak linked to recalled eggs.
– The eggs came from Country Eggs, LLC and were packaged in cartons that read Large brown Cage Free Sunshine Yolks to food distributors.
– The egg cartons were also packaged under the brand names: Nagatoshi Produce, Misuho and Nijiya Markets.
Federal health officials are investigating a multistate salmonella outbreak linked to recalled eggs.
Dozens sick
By the numbers:
As of August 27, the CDC reported 95 people in several states have been infected with the same salmonella strain. Illnesses began between January and July. So far, 18 people have been hospitalized and no deaths reported.
States with people reported sick include:
Washington state: 3
California: 73
Nevada: 3
Arizona: 1
Hawaii: 1
Nebraska: 1
Iowa: 1
Minnesota: 4
Georgia 1:
Florida: 1
North Carolina: 2
Pennsylvania: 1
New York: 2
Big picture view:
State health officials have linked illness subclusters to eggs served at four unidentified restaurants, the CDC said.
What they’re saying:
“State and local public health officials are interviewing people about the foods they ate in the week before they got sick. Of the 36 people interviewed, 33 (92%) reported eating eggs. This percentage is significantly higher than the 78% of respondents who reported eating eggs in the FoodNet Population Survey—a survey that helps estimate how often people eat various foods linked to diarrheal illness. This difference suggests that people in this outbreak got sick from eating eggs,” the CDC explained.
Eggs recalled
The backstory:
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