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A New York farm is recalling over 10,000 batches of Costco eggs due to concerns that they may contain salmonella. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned Wednesday that 25 Costco stores in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee began selling the potentially tainted batches of eggs raised in Kirkland Signature Organic Pasture on Friday of last week.
After discovering that eggs not intended for sale had inadvertently been shipped out, Handsome Brook Farms, located in New York, started the recall of 10,800 cartons, according to the FDA.
No one has reported getting sick as of yet. But according to the recall notice, salmonella "can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems."
According to the FDA, "fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain are common in even healthy people."
To determine whether they have bought the potentially tainted eggs, consumers are advised to look for the Julian code 327 and a use-by date of January 5, 2025 on their cartons.
Beginning on November 22, 2024, 25 Costco locations in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee unintentionally received and sold the eggs.
According to the statement, Handsome Brook Farms is making sure that "additional supply chain controls and retraining" are implemented in order to stop a recurrence of the same incident.
News of the contamination comes after several recalls across the nation, such as a recall after a deadly carrot E.coli outbreak, and another recall of ready-to-eat meat contaminated with listeria, that left 1 infant dead.
