More than 70 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 Disease Control and Prevention.
On Friday, the August Egg Company recalled 1.7 million dozen brown cage-free and brown certified organic eggs, sold under multiple brand names, that have the “potential to be contaminated,” according to a recall notice from the US Food and Drug Administration.
Of the 79 people sickened, 21 people have been hospitalized and no deaths have been reported, the CDC said.
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 4 Less and Ralphs.
One of the many reasons why it’s cool being vegan
You know you can get salmonella from plants too, right? And you’re less likely to fully cook them.
I know how to cook, don’t worry
That’s a little disingenuous framing. The salmonella usually gets on the plants from contaminated water, and the water gets contaminated by waste runoff from sick animals.
No matter how you look at it, mass animal agriculture is the main culprit.
Even so, I would say your framing is more disingenuous. You can’t just ignore the actual risk of getting salmonella from plants just because the source comes from elsewhere.
That’s fair. Nobody should be suggesting we do ignore those risks. Obviously wash all your veggies well. But its still important to inform people that intensified animal farming is the source of a myriad of wide scale human health risks.