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FDA raises recall alert to highest level on Costco eggs over risk of severe illness or death due to salmonella

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7mo ago

FDA raises recall alert to highest level on Costco eggs over risk of severe illness or death due to salmonella

www.nbcnews.com /news/us-news/fda-raises-salmonella-recall-alert-highest-level-costco-eggs-risk-seve-rcna185340

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7mo ago

FDA raises recall alert to highest level on Costco eggs over risk of severe illness or death due to salmonella

www.nbcnews.com /news/us-news/fda-raises-salmonella-recall-alert-highest-level-costco-eggs-risk-seve-rcna185340

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The targeted egg cartons were sold in 25 Costco stores in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee beginning Nov. 22.
The "Organic Pasture Raised" eggs, sold in sets of 24, have a Universal Product Code (UPC) of 9661910680 with a use-by date of Jan 5, 2025.
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- This should be a pinned message.
- My incistance on buying the cheap eggs finally pays off.
How are we as a society ever going to overcome Salmonella if we recall these foods? We need to build up natural immunity! These should stay on the shelves. I hope RJK jr is on this, as it's probably the greatest threat to the nation.
- i say rfk should personally take on testing all the eggs for salmonella and only after hes hand inspected them can they be sold. i only trust the real experts to handle my eggs
  
  RFK suckin eggs to keep you safe.
- I heard Elon had a super smart idea to beat inflation by selling salmonella eggs for $0.69/dozen under the brand name SEGGS (salmonella eggs)
- Yeah, as the new health nut, he should be serving these to the Whitehouse and Congress. Get them off that junk food and PFAS.
All grocery stores around here have no eggs, I think due to H5N1.
- Then why did we elect the Orange Clown?
  
  You can't enjoy the warmth of a dumpster fire, without the dumpster.
I thought the thumbnail was teeth.
- It's not? Oh...
- Man those invisalign really work wonders
Woke nonsense. A real Trumper would eat them by the dozen!
Isn't Salmonella killed by cooking? Don't have runny eggs.
- About 1 in 20,000 eggs in the US contains Salmonella. With proper precautions (basic hygiene and cooking to a high temperature of a bit over 70°C), this risk isn't high. In fact, it's estimated that the risk eating cooked eggs is a few orders of magnitude lower than raw eggs – about 1 in 68 billion. However, when you absolutely know that you have eggs in a range that have an extremely high risk of Salmonella, this idea is just stupid and not at all worth even the relatively low risk, because the problem you likely run into isn't the safety of the cooked food – it's the safety of the handling of the food as you're preparing it. If your next grocery trip is a ways out, the eggs might spoil, but the UPC is what Costco cares about here. If you can't be bothered, then you should probably just toss them.
  
  Also, as gross as I think it is, some people eat raw eggs for various reasons.
- Yes but the endotoxin, produced by the bacteria, which gives you the gut cramping and vomiting, is not removed by cooking. In other words, cooking doesn’t remove what makes you sick even if it kills bacteria and viruses.
Most of the world: it's insane that this happened, but they're looking to fix it
Maga "people": It's a conspiracy against eggs! We must save the salmonella eggs!
…or something like that.
Eggs from the deregulated red run states. The f'n MAGAts should be gobbling them down for supporting their BS.
The targeted egg cartons were sold in 25 Costco stores in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee beginning Nov. 22.
Salmonella and eggs are still a problem in Europe, but not a significantly bigger one than in the U.S., so maybe we should stop bothering to wash our eggs so we don't have to keep space in our fridges for them any more?
- I'm thinking it's more related to their appearance. Murrikans just like the look of washed eggs.
No worries. It’ll all resolve itself shortly when we stop counting illnesses and deaths.
Isn't there a vaccine that chickens can be given to prevent this?
- Seems they've been working for some time on a human salmonella vaccine (possibly oral) for a while now, but nothing yet.
  https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/71/Supplement_2/S151/5877830?login=false
  The reason they're aiming for human vs fowl is that, much like undercooked beef, the disease is in the chicken's/turkey's bowels ... and with the mass butchering of millions of animals contamination is almost inevitable (I used to work on a turkey farm).
It’s called soap.
- You’re being downvoted but that’s almost certainly where the risk is - people not washing their hands after touching the eggs. As someone with our own hens, we’re 100% used to having to wash our hands after handling eggs, but most people we know are blithely unaware of the risk.
- They just make eggs different at Costco. :p
  I promise that Costco assembles theirs from only the highest quality chicken parts. Leg eggs being their best and most expensive. You’re buying wing eggs, which are known to be cost savers so poor folks can eat too.
  Welcome to Costco. I love you!
- You might have gotten grade A eggs, which are more used for things like baking and recipes where the egg is blended in with something to where it's more used as a binder. Them being cheaper due to a lower grade while still achieving the same end product and with the bulk amount small restaurants/bakeries would buy at any one time, it makes sense that Costco would sell them.
  AA graded eggs are what you and most other are likely used to, as they are more intended for being 'prepared' as a primary ingredient like for a scramble, an omelet or even poaching.

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