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.
Did you know the egg industry kills about 7 billion chicks globally, every single year? Well, now you do
Gotta crack some eggs to make an omelette
I think you might have misunderstood: they hatch chicks to raise into chickens, but any chick that’s male can’t lay eggs, so why keep them around? They throw the male chicks, live and within hours of their birth, into an industrial blender.
!!NSFL LINK WARNING!!
France and Germany are using in ovo sexing since 2022, there is a total ban on chick culling in both countries, and a lot of EU countries are planning to follow them.
It’s the one bright side of that wiki article.
(It’s also mad that France led the way on humane treatment of food animals, see: gavage; ortolan bunting)
Wow, that’s awesome.