FDA Investigates Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella from Shell Eggs from Rose Acre Farms

The FDA is disclosing a list of domestic consignors who further distributed the products to foreign consignees. This information is being made available to enable foreign authorities and regulatory counterparts to follow-up with foreign establishments that received the recalled eggs and take appropriate action. It is unknown if Rose Acres Farms is the only egg supplier of these domestic consignors or foreign consignees. The FDA is not aware if eggs from Rose Acres Farms have been further processed. Therefore, the FDA is advising consumers not to eat recalled eggs produced by Rose Acre Farms’ Hyde County farm.

Below are the domestic consignors who further distributed the products to foreign consignees and their foreign consignees:

Fast Facts
•The FDA is advising consumers not to eat recalled eggs produced by Rose Acre Farms’ Hyde County farm. According to Rose Acre Farms’ recent recall notice and the subsequent recall from Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., these eggs are sold under multiple brand names, including Coburn Farms, Country Daybreak, Food Lion, Glenview, Great Value, Nelms, Sunshine Farms, Publix, and Sunups. Recalled eggs were also sold to restaurants. Consumers should be aware that potentially contaminated eggs could have been distributed beyond where Rose Acre Farms’ and Cal-Maine Foods’ customers are located. FDA will update the list of potentially contaminated eggs and provide distribution information as it becomes available.
•CDC reports 35 cases in nine states with 11 hospitalizations and no deaths.
•After learning that all of the people who became ill ate eggs or egg dishes, the FDA was able to trace back the source of some of the eggs to the Rose Acre Farms’ Hyde County farm. FDA investigators then inspected the farm and collected samples for testing. FDA analysis of the samples revealed that the same strain of Salmonella Braenderup that caused the illnesses was present at the Hyde County Egg facility, tying the facility to the outbreak.
•As a result of these findings and discussions between the FDA and the firm, Rose Acre Farms has voluntarily recalled eggs from the farm in Hyde County, North Carolina. Following Rose Acre Farms’ recall, Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. voluntarily recalled eggs purchased from Rose Acre Farms and produced at the Hyde County facility.
•If anyone has the recalled eggs in their home, they should not eat them. All consumers should check their eggs for a plant number of P-1065 and a Julian date between 011 and 102 or a plant number P-1359D and Julian date 048A or 049A with Best By dates of APR 02 and APR 03.

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