The Food and Government Administration ( FDA ) has upgraded a million egg recall to Class I, enforcing a warning to American consumers that the eggs could result in” serious adverse health consequences or death.”
The egg recall was first reported in September when the FDA announced that Milo’s Poultry Farms LLC, an Amish-owned , farm , in Bonduel, Wisconsin,  , was recalling all of its” Milo’s Poultry Farms” and” Tony’s Fresh Market” eggs as a result of a salmonella bacteria outbreak.
The FDA confirmed to Fox Business on Monday that the yolk remember had been upgraded to Class I position. Class I recalls are described on the FDA website as” situations ] where there is a reasonable chance that using, or being exposed to, a violative product will result in serious adverse health consequences or death.”
According to the FDA’s site, the latest egg remember affects 345, 417 few boxes of egg, which is over four million eggs. The FDA issued a warning that the recall was initiated because the “eggs have the potential to become contaminated with Salmonella”
Fox Business reported that” Milo’s Poultry Farms” and” Tony’s Fresh Market” eggs were sold in restaurants and stores in states such as Michigan, Illinois, and Wisconsin over the summer months. No fatalities have been reported despite the CDC’s earlier reports that 65 people had fallen ill and 24 had been taken to the hospital as a result of the bacteria epidemic.
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In a September press release, the FDA warned,” Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea ( which may be bloody ), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. 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”.
Milo’s Poultry Farms and Tony’s Fresh Market hens were recalled by the FDA after the company learned that the eggs had salmonella-test good results in September.
In September’s press release, the FDA wrote,” The recall was initiated after the FDA informed the company that environmental samples tested positive for the bacteria. Whole genome sequencing was done by FDA and revealed that the tests were connected to an continued Salmonella outbreak investigation.
The FDA explained that the egg understand includes all egg cartons labeled” Milo’s Poultry Farms” and” Tony’s Fresh Market” and includes all expiration dates. National consumers have been instructed not to consume any of the recalled eggs, but rather to dispose of or return them, as well as to clear any materials or products that have come into contact with them.