[Vision2020] Recent Egg Recall Doesn't Extend to Local Stores

[Tom Hansen]

A special thanks to the Dailly News staff for reporting this.  I am
certain that there are many local citizens concerned about the possible
impact this mayhave had on local grocery stores.

Courtesy of today's (August 19, 2010) Moscow-Pullman Daily News.

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Recent egg recall doesn't extend to local stores

Daily News staff and wire reports
August 19, 2010

Pullman and Moscow residents don't have anything to fear from a nationwide
recall of eggs produced by a farm in Iowa, local store managers said.

An Iowa egg producer is recalling 228 million eggs after being linked to
an outbreak of salmonella poisoning.

Winco Foods and Rosauers in Moscow, Dissmores IGA in Pullman and both
Safeways don't intend to pull any eggs off shelves because none purchased
eggs from the company.

Moscow Safeway Store Manager Erich Hanisch said the recall did not affect
area stores because nearby stores purchase their eggs from a egg producer
in Fife, Wash.

Store managers from Winco, Rosauers and Dissmores said they do not carry
the brands being recalled.

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said eggs from
Wright County Egg in Galt, Iowa, were linked to several illnesses in
Colorado, California and Minnesota. The CDC said about 200 cases of the
strain of salmonella linked to the eggs were reported weekly during June
and July, four times the normal number of such occurrences.

State health officials say tainted eggs have sickened at least 266
Californians and seven in Minnesota.

The eggs were distributed around the country and packaged under the names
Lucerne, Albertson, Mountain Dairy, Ralph's, Boomsma's, Sunshine,
Hillandale, Trafficanda, Farm Fresh, Shoreland, Lund, Dutch Farms and
Kemp.

The Food and Drug Administration is investigating.

In a statement, company officials said the FDA is "on-site to review
records and inspect our barns." The officials said they began the recall
Aug. 13.

The most common symptoms of salmonella are diarrhea, abdominal cramps and
fever within eight hours to 72 hours of eating a contaminated product. It
can be life-threatening, especially to those with weakened immune systems.

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Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
and the Realist adjusts his sails."

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