Egg Recall Timeline

Egg Recall Timeline

This egg recall timeline can help you to keep up with everything that has happened with the 2010 egg recall:

• April 2010 - Salmonella cases begin to increase in several states, including California, Colorado, and Minnesota, and over the next few months, lead to 26 outbreaks of Salmonella in restaurants and at other events.


• August 13 - Wright County Egg, of Galt, Iowa announces an egg recall of 228 million eggs that were packed since May 16.


• August 18 - Wright County Egg expands their egg recall list to a total of 380 million eggs, with egg recall brands now including Albertsons (California or Colorado), Bayview (California and Nevada), Boomsma, Dutch Farms (sold at certain Walgreens stores), Farm Fresh, Glenview, Hillandale, James Farms, Kemps, Lucerne, Lund, Mountain Dairy (California and Nevada), Nulaid (California and Nevada), Pacific Coast, Ralphs, Shoreland, Sunshine, Sun Valley (California and Nevada), and Trafficanda.


• August 19 - Country Eggs, Inc. announces that some of their eggs that were produced by Wright County Egg.


• August 20 - Hillandale Farms of Iowa, another large egg producer, is added to the egg recall, expanding the list of egg recall brands (Hillandale Farms, Sunny Farms, Sunny Meadow, West Creek, and Wholesome Farms) even further, with an additional 170 million eggs being recalled.


• August 23 - More eggs produced by Hillandale Farms and packaged by Moark, LLC and sold in Southern California and Las Vegas, Nevada are recalled, including several brands, such as Albertsons, Farmer's Gems, Mountain Dairy, and Yucaipa Valley.


• August 25 - Michigan is added to the list of states that are affected by the egg recall.


• August 25 - It is announced that eggs sold under the Cardenas Market brand label at Cardenas Market stores in California and Nevada were a part of the original August 13 recall.


• August 26 - The CDC reports that a total of 2,403 cases of Salmonella have been reported since May 1, which is greatly above the 933 cases that would have been reported in a more typical year.


• August 26 - Positive samples of Salmonella in chicken feed and feed ingredients have led experts to believe that they may have found the source of the Salmonella outbreak.


• August 26 - Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., clarified their recall of eggs they packaged from Hillandale Farms, which includes loose eggs and the brand names Sam's, Wagon Trail, and West Creek, and which were sold in Arkansas and Oklahoma.


• August 27 - Sparboe Farms of Litchfield, Minnesota recalls eggs they packaged that were produced by both Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms, and sold under several brand names, including Albertsons, Glenview Farms, Liborio Market, Shamrock Foods, Shurfresh, and Sparboe Farms.
• September 2 - The CDC announces that since May 1, 2010, about 1,469 Salmonella illnesses have been reported and are thought to be associated with the egg recall.
• September 3 - Sparboe Farms added eggs sold at some Target stores under the Market Pantry brand name to their recall list. These eggs had a plant code of 1906 and Julian dates of 211, 218, and 219.
• October 18 - Hillandale Farms is allowed to begin to sell eggs again.
• November 30 - Wright County Egg begins to sell eggs again from two hen houses on one of its six farms.

Egg Safety

• Be on the watch for food recalls, including further egg recalls.
• Only buy eggs with a USDA grade shield on the label (US Grade AA, A, etc).
• Store eggs in their original carton and use them within 3 weeks.
• Throw away cracked eggs.
• Keep eggs and foods prepared with eggs refrigerated at less than or equal to 40 degrees F.
• Cook eggs thoroughly and don't let your kids eat raw or undercooked eggs.
• Use pasteurized eggs in recipes that call for raw eggs.
• Wash your hands, utensils, and kitchen surfaces after handling eggs so that you don't cross-contaminate other foods with Salmonella that may be on your eggs.
• Seek medical attention if your child develops any Salmonella symptoms.
• Consider using pasteurized shell eggs or a pasteurized egg product if your child has a weakened immune system or is otherwise at higher risk for a serious Salmonella infection.

_Sources:

_{CDC. Multistate Outbreak of Human Salmonella Enteritidis Infections Associated with Shell Eggs. Accessed December 2010.}

_{Dallas Morning News. Tainted eggs hard for Dallas-Fort Worth distributors to trace. August 21, 2010. Accessed August 2010.}

_{Egg Safety Center. Recall - Affected Brands and Descriptions. Accessed August 2010.}

_{FDA. Salmonella Enteritidis Outbreak in Shell Eggs. Accessed December 2010.}

_{USDA. Shell Eggs from Farm to Table. Accessed August 2010.}

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