CDC: Salmonella outbreak linked to Rose Acre Farms over

A multi-state outbreak of Salmonella Braenderup that was linked to eggs from Rose Acre Farms appears to be over, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on its website.

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Sunups Grade A large eggs, distributed in Florida, were recalled by Cal-Maine Foods for possible Salmonella Braenderup contamination. The eggs were purchased from a Rose Acre Farms facility connected to a Salmonella Braenderup outbreak. | Photo courtesy of Cal-Maine Foods
Sunups Grade A large eggs, distributed in Florida, were recalled by Cal-Maine Foods for possible Salmonella Braenderup contamination. The eggs were purchased from a Rose Acre Farms facility connected to a Salmonella Braenderup outbreak. | Photo courtesy of Cal-Maine Foods

A multi-state outbreak of Salmonella Braenderup that was linked to eggs from Rose Acre Farms appears to be over, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on its website.

The outbreak resulted in 45 people from 10 states becoming ill, and 11 of those people were hospitalized.

The epidemiologic, laboratory and traceback evidence indicated that the shell eggs connected to the outbreak were produced at Rose Acre Farm’s operations in Hyde County, North Carolina.

The incident prompted Rose Acre Farms to voluntarily recall 206,749,248 shell eggs, and Cal-Maine Foods to recall 23,400 dozen eggs, which it purchased from Rose Acre.

Salmonella Braenderup, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy individuals infected with Salmonella Braenderup can experience fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. In rare circumstances, infection with Salmonella Braenderup 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.

Inspections of Rose Acre facilities

The FDA inspected the Hyde County Rose Acre Farms operations, and determined that proper rodent control methods were not being utilized and other sanitary measures were not being followed there.

Following the release of the FDA report on the Hyde County inspections, Rose Acre Farms issued the following statement to the Washington Post: “Rose Acre Farms takes food safety and the welfare of our hens, workers and consumers very seriously. We responsibly follow the requirements of the FDA’s Egg Safety Rule, the Food Safety Modernization Act and the Food and Drug and Cosmetic Act because we care about providing safe, nutritious and affordable eggs. When we fall short of expectations, we’re disappointed in ourselves and we strive to correct any problems and institute safeguards that ensure those problems won’t occur again. We vow to do better in the future.”

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