CDC issues warning over recalled eggs sold in three states

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a warning over recalled eggs sold in three states on Friday.

In a “Food Safety Alert,” the agency said 24 hospitalizations had occurred due to a “Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Eggs.” The agency told people to “not eat any recalled eggs” and noted that “Milo’s Poultry Farms LLC recalled eggs” the same day that were bought by “stores and restaurants in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Illinois.”

Milo’s Poultry Farms said in a Friday announcement on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) website that it “is recalling all ‘Milo’s Poultry Farms’ and ‘Tony’s Fresh Market’ branded eggs because these eggs have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.”

“Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain,” the announcement continued. “In rare circumstances, infection with Salmonella can result in the organism getting into the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses such as arterial infections (i.e., infected aneurysms), endocarditis and arthritis.”

The CDC also recommended that people contact “your healthcare provider if you have any of these severe Salmonella symptoms,” listing symptoms like long-lasting diarrhea and intense vomiting.