4 brands of eggs recalled in New South Wales

The Egg Basket, a wholesale company located in New South Whales, conducted a recall of eggs due to possible Salmonella contamination.

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The Egg Basket, a wholesale company located in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, has conducted a recall of eggs due to possible Salmonella contamination.

The recall includes eggs from Country Fresh Eggs, Just Eggs, Chefs Choice Free Range and Chefs Choice Cage Free Eggs, according to a report from the Weekly Times.

The products have been available for sale at The Egg Basket and Flemington Markets in NSW, the NSW Food Authority.

Eggs being recalled are stamped with date markings including use by 14th June 2019, 20th June 2019, 24th June 2019, 29th June 2019, 5th July 2019, 9th July 2019.

The CEO of the NSW Food Authority, Lisa Szabo, said in a press release that consumers may be aware of a higher number of Salmonella enteritidis-related egg recalls in recent months due to a cluster of interconnected egg farms across the state.

“This recall is related to the detection of this particular organism,” Szabo said. The recall is the seventh nationwide since September.

“Glendenning Farms, Bridgewater Poultry Farm, Ash and Sons Eggs, Southern Highland Organics, Steve’s Fresh Eggs and Port Stephens Eggs have all had to recall their products,” the Weekly Times reported.

As part of its response, NSW Department of Primary Industries has increased observation and monitoring at poultry operations and has issued biosecurity directions to individual properties when situations deemed necessary, as well as the quarantine of locations to stop movement of eggs into the marketplace.

According to the Weekly Times, there are 11 premises recognized as being infected with Salmonella enteritidis across NSW.

“All other eggs are safe to eat, provided people exercise the usual safe food handling precautions for eggs and other special care foods,” said Szabo in the press release.

A person infected with the Salmonella enteritidis bacterium usually has fever, abdominal cramps and diarrhea beginning 12 to 72 hours after consuming a contaminated food or beverage, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The illness usually lasts four to seven days, and most persons recover without antibiotic treatment. However, the diarrhea can be severe, and the person may be ill enough to require hospitalization.

The elderly, infants and those with impaired immune systems may have a more severe illness. In these patients, the infection may spread from the intestines to the blood stream, and then to other body sites and can cause death unless the person is treated promptly with antibiotics.

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