USDA Issues Public Health Alert for Nutriom Egg Products Unfit for Consumption
USDA FSIS issued a public health alert for Nutriom LLC egg products because the company refused to expand a recall of items found to be unfit for human consumption due to falsified lab results.
What this means for you
Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.
Our severity reasoning: The recall involves high-risk pathogens (Salmonella) and products deemed unfit for human consumption due to falsified safety data, but the source text does not report any illnesses or injuries, fitting the criteria for a High severity score.
Plain-English summary
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued a public health alert on March 26, 2014, regarding egg products from Nutriom LLC, a Lacey, Washington establishment. The alert was issued because the company declined to expand its February 15, 2014 recall to include an additional 118,541 pounds of egg products. FSIS concluded these products are unfit for human consumption because the company allegedly recorded false laboratory results, reporting negative Salmonella results when they were actually positive or claiming testing occurred when it did not.
The affected products include various OvaEasy, Bak-Klene, Vitovo, and Panera egg products, such as plain whole eggs, reduced cholesterol eggs, and egg washes. These items were shipped nationwide, to U.S. military installations in the United States and abroad, and to Mexico. An editor's note indicates that Nutriom LLC later agreed to recall all identified product except for product distributed to the military, which test results showed to be safe.
FSIS advises consumers to safely prepare and consume egg products by cooking them to an internal temperature of 160° F, using a food thermometer to confirm the temperature. Consumers with questions can contact the USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline or visit AskKaren.gov.
The recalled product
- Product
- FSIS Issues Public Health Alert For Egg Products Unfit For Human Consumption
- Category
- Food — Egg Products
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
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