• @SirSamuel@lemmy.world
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    1763 months 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

  • @NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
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    723 months 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
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      343 months 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

    • @FrostyTheDoo@lemmy.world
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      43 months 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
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      Yeah, as the new health nut, he should be serving these to the Whitehouse and Congress. Get them off that junk food and PFAS.

    • TheTechnician27
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      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.

      • Flying Squid
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        63 months ago

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

          • @Bgugi@lemmy.world
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            33 months 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
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              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
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      93 months 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
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    73 months 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.

  • ditty
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    53 months ago

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

  • Flying Squid
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    33 months 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?

    • @Spuddlesv2@lemmy.ca
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      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.