A salmonella outbreak that led to the recall of 207 million eggs has worsened, leading 35 people in several states to become ill. The initial recall notice was issued last month, and the number of illness is a dozen more now. This outbreak is linked to Rose Acre Farms whose eggs are distributed to restaurants and grocery stores such as Walmart. Although no deaths have been reported, at least 11 people have been hospitalized due to complications. The states affected include: Colorado, New Jersey, Florida, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, South Carolina, and West Virginia.
Although Texas eggs are not affected as of right now, we still have to worry about the virus spreading. The last salmonella outbreak that was this bad was in 2010, and led to the recall of half a billion eggs. Hopefully, the virus is contained before it exceeds the 2010 outbreak, and infects thousands of other people.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/12/health/egg-recall-salmonella-outbreak-grows/index.html
this is so scary and I am tempted to walk to my fridge right now and throw away my eggs. I hope that they stop this from spreading and get things under control.
ReplyDeleteMaria Gonzalez
ReplyDeleteI agree with Allison. Although this hasn't spread to texas the possibility is very big. This needs to be contained especially because in such a used item such as eggs.