Los Angeles Salmonella Egg Recall
Like the peanut Salmonella outbreak of 2008-2009, the Salmonella Egg outbreak associated with Wright County Egg of Galt, Iowa, is triggering secondary recalls.
As a mega-producer, Wright County sells to other packagers. Hence, Los Angeles-based Country Eggs Inc. has announced a recall of shell eggs that it purchased from Wright County Egg.
Country Eggs is recalling specific Julian dates of shell eggs produced by Wright County because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella Enteritidis.
Eggs affected by the recall were distributed to food wholesalers, distribution centers and foodservice companies in California, Arizona and Nevada.
California is one of three states that has affirmatively associated human illness with contaminated eggs produced by Wright County Egg. A spike of more than 200 California cases of Salmonella Enteritidis sparked the probe, including more than 40 illnesses in Los Angeles County.
According to the Country Eggs Salmonella recall notice: Eggs were packaged under the Country Eggs, Inc brand name in 15 dozen bulk pack with the identifying plant code of P 1946 and P 1026. Julian code dates are 216-221. Dates and codes can be found on the box label.
Nationwide, the FDA and CDC are investigating nearly 2,000 Salmonella Enteritidis illnesses as part of an aggressive Wright County Egg investigation. Investigators estimate that not all of the cases will be associated with the eggs from Iowa.
If you or a loved one has been sickened with Salmonella that may be part of this outbreak, contact a Salmonella lawyer at PritzkerOlsen, P.A. for a free case consultation at 1-888-377-8900 (Toll Free) or complete the contact form on the side of this Web page.
PritzkerOlsen is a leading food safety law firm involved in virtually every foodborne illness outbreak in the United States. The firm has collected millions of dollars on behalf of people injured or killed as a result of adulterated food, including eggs contaminated with Salmonella.
Would it be to late to report a Food Service Distributor for knowing of the recall and still shipped out these P1026 15 dozen bulk packages to resturants throughout the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley area