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[-] SirSamuel@lemmy.world 170 points 1 year ago

The targeted egg cartons were sold in 25 Costco stores in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee beginning Nov. 22.

The "Organic Pasture Raised" eggs, sold in sets of 24, have a Universal Product Code (UPC) of 9661910680 with a use-by date of Jan 5, 2025.

Relevant info for those in a hurry

[-] Shapillon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

This should be a pinned message.

My incistance on buying the cheap eggs finally pays off.

[-] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 72 points 1 year ago

How are we as a society ever going to overcome Salmonella if we recall these foods? We need to build up natural immunity! These should stay on the shelves. I hope RJK jr is on this, as it's probably the greatest threat to the nation.

[-] PwnTra1n@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago

i say rfk should personally take on testing all the eggs for salmonella and only after hes hand inspected them can they be sold. i only trust the real experts to handle my eggs

[-] paraphrand@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

RFK suckin eggs to keep you safe.

[-] FrostyTheDoo@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I heard Elon had a super smart idea to beat inflation by selling salmonella eggs for $0.69/dozen under the brand name SEGGS (salmonella eggs)

[-] Wahots@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, as the new health nut, he should be serving these to the Whitehouse and Congress. Get them off that junk food and PFAS.

[-] solrize@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago

All grocery stores around here have no eggs, I think due to H5N1.

[-] Balthazar@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

Then why did we elect the Orange Clown?

[-] WhatSay@slrpnk.net 40 points 1 year ago

You can't enjoy the warmth of a dumpster fire, without the dumpster.

[-] booly@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago

We only had enough trash to sustain a dumpster fire for one year but by some miracle it's been stretched to 8 years.

[-] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Happy Donukkah!

[-] Lennnny@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

I thought the thumbnail was teeth.

[-] Worthess@discuss.online 2 points 1 year ago

It's not? Oh...

[-] Pogbom@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Man those invisalign really work wonders

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 11 points 1 year ago

Woke nonsense. A real Trumper would eat them by the dozen!

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Isn't Salmonella killed by cooking? Don't have runny eggs.

[-] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

About 1 in 20,000 eggs in the US contains Salmonella. With proper precautions (basic hygiene and cooking to a high temperature of a bit over 70°C), this risk isn't high. In fact, it's estimated that the risk eating cooked eggs is a few orders of magnitude lower than raw eggs – about 1 in 68 billion. However, when you absolutely know that you have eggs in a range that have an extremely high risk of Salmonella, this idea is just stupid and not at all worth even the relatively low risk, because the problem you likely run into isn't the safety of the cooked food – it's the safety of the handling of the food as you're preparing it. If your next grocery trip is a ways out, the eggs might spoil, but the UPC is what Costco cares about here. If you can't be bothered, then you should probably just toss them.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Also, as gross as I think it is, some people eat raw eggs for various reasons.

[-] tamal3@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's an eggnog time of year! ... Does rum kill salmonella?

[-] Bgugi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Kinda! At 10% ethanol (20 proof), you don't get new growth. Up to around 50%, it kills salmonella slowly. So about 1 part 151 to 2 parts not and you're golden.

[-] candybrie@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think your ratios are backwards? ((1*75%)+(2*0%))/3= 25% but ((2*75%)+(1*0%))/3=50%

Edit: unless it's anything 20% to 50% that works.

[-] Xanthobilly@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Yes but the endotoxin, produced by the bacteria, which gives you the gut cramping and vomiting, is not removed by cooking. In other words, cooking doesn’t remove what makes you sick even if it kills bacteria and viruses.

[-] cley_faye@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Most of the world: it's insane that this happened, but they're looking to fix it

Maga "people": It's a conspiracy against eggs! We must save the salmonella eggs!

…or something like that.

[-] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Eggs from the deregulated red run states. The f'n MAGAts should be gobbling them down for supporting their BS.

[-] dditty@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

The targeted egg cartons were sold in 25 Costco stores in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee beginning Nov. 22.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Salmonella and eggs are still a problem in Europe, but not a significantly bigger one than in the U.S., so maybe we should stop bothering to wash our eggs so we don't have to keep space in our fridges for them any more?

[-] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I'm thinking it's more related to their appearance. Murrikans just like the look of washed eggs.

[-] aceshigh@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

No worries. It’ll all resolve itself shortly when we stop counting illnesses and deaths.

[-] hark@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Isn't there a vaccine that chickens can be given to prevent this?

[-] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Seems they've been working for some time on a human salmonella vaccine (possibly oral) for a while now, but nothing yet.

https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/71/Supplement_2/S151/5877830?login=false

The reason they're aiming for human vs fowl is that, much like undercooked beef, the disease is in the chicken's/turkey's bowels ... and with the mass butchering of millions of animals contamination is almost inevitable (I used to work on a turkey farm).

[-] Coreidan@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago
[-] Spuddlesv2@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago

You’re being downvoted but that’s almost certainly where the risk is - people not washing their hands after touching the eggs. As someone with our own hens, we’re 100% used to having to wash our hands after handling eggs, but most people we know are blithely unaware of the risk.

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