Salmonella outbreak linked to eggs sickens dozens of people across 7 states

CNN More than people across seven states have been sickened due to a salmonella outbreak linked to eggs recalled by a California-based egg distributor according to the US Centers for Condition Control and Prevention On Friday the August Egg Company recalled million dozen brown cage-free and brown certified organic eggs sold under multiple brand names that have the probable to be contaminated according to a recall notice from the US Food and Drug Administration Of the people sickened people have been hospitalized and no deaths have been released the CDC reported The eggs were sold to restaurants and retailers in Arizona California Illinois Indiana Nebraska New Mexico Nevada Washington and Wyoming according to the CDC They were distributed at retail locations including Walmart Save Mart FoodMaxx Lucky Smart Final Safeway Raleys Food Less and Ralphs Salmonella can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children frail or elderly people and others with weakened immune systems according to the FDA Salmonella can also cause fever diarrhea nausea vomiting and abdominal pain in healthy people who get infected August Egg Company is not selling fresh shell eggs at this time Our firm has voluntarily been diverting eggs to an egg-breaking plant for over days which pasteurizes the eggs and kills any promising foodborne pathogens the company noted in a comment provided to the FDA It is crucial to know that when our processing plant identified this concern we this instant began diverting all eggs from the plant to an egg-breaking facility which pasteurizes the eggs and kills any pathogens The company also revealed its internal food safety squad is conducting its own stringent review to identify future preventative measures We are committed to addressing this matter fully and to implementing all necessary corrective actions to ensure this does not happen again the company revealed The CDC recommends that anyone who has the recalled eggs in their home or business throw them out or return them to the store where they were purchased