FDA upgrades Midwest poultry egg recall to highest danger class

Midwest Poultry Services announced a recall of 1.6 million brown and white eggs harvested in Texas from June 6 to July 3, which were sold to foodservice and retail outlets in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and surrounding states. The FDA upgraded this recall on Wednesday to a Class I designation, the agency’s highest risk category, meaning exposure could plausibly lead to severe health outcomes or death. The CDC has associated the eggs with a Salmonella outbreak that has produced 98 cases and 26 hospitalizations in 17 states.

The eggs can be identified by the codes P-1950 or 0840962 and a Julian date between 157 and 184 on the cartons. Authorities urge shoppers to throw away or return the eggs and to wash any utensils or surfaces that touched them with hot, soapy water. The recall does not extend to any other Midwest Poultry Services products.