Health officials are investigating a salmonella outbreak linked to eggs that have ill 95 people in the United States, the centers for disease control and prevention said Thursday.
Country Eggs LLC, based in California, issued a withdrawal of his large sun yolk without brown cage on Wednesday. The eggs were also sold under the Nagatathi brands produce, Misuho and the Markets of Nijiya, according to the Food and Medicines Administration. They were also packed for food service such as large brown sonster or “golden yolks omega-3”.
The eggs were delivered to the grocery stores and distributors of food services in California and Nevada from June 16 to July 9, the FDA said. All have sale dates for September 1 to 16 and have the code “CA-7695” in the cardboard.
California has reported that most cases, 73. Diseases have also been informed in 13 other states: Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Minnesota, North Carolina, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania and Washington.
Eighteen people have been hospitalized and there have been no deaths, CDC said.
The CDC saw an increase in diseases related to the outbreak in mid -June until mid -July, although cases dating from January were detected. Recent cases cannot yet be informed, the agency said, since it has been determining if a disease is linked to an outbreak.
The real number of cases is probably much higher, the CDC added, because many people recover without treatment and are not tested for Salmonella. It is estimated that only 1 in 30 cases of Salmonella is diagnosed, says the CDC.
Salmonella infection causes diarrhea, fever and stomach cramps, which generally begin within six hours to six days after eating contaminated foods. Most people recover in four or seven days.
CDC warns that children under 5, adults 65 years old or over and people with weakened immune systems may have more serious diseases that require treatment.
It is estimated that there are 1.35 million Salmonella infections every year in the United States, and bacteria are a main cause of food transmitted diseases.
At the beginning of this summer, the CDC silently reduced a federal-stated association that monitors food transmitted diseases, reducing surveillance to only two pathogens: a severe type of E. coli and Salmonella.
