Health Impact and Response
An outbreak of salmonella infections among 65 people in nine states, including 42 in , has been linked to eggs from a Wisconsin farm, leading to a widespread recall.
The and Wisconsin health officials urge anyone who purchased the affected eggs, distributed in Wisconsin, , and , to discard them and not consume or cook with them.
Regulatory Measures and Public Health
The announced new measures in July to limit salmonella in poultry products, aiming to reduce the annual 1.35 million infections and 420 deaths caused by the bacteria.
The recall involves all types of eggs from Milo’s Poultry Farms LLC, including conventional, cage-free, organic, and non-GMO, with no reported deaths but 24 hospitalizations.