Saturday, August 21, 2010

Deregulation doesn’t work - EGGS

With 380 million eggs under recall, consumers may be anxious about eating any egg or food product containing eggs. Here's the upshot: Thoroughly cooked eggs are safe, but cross-contamination could be a problem. Here's more about the recall and food safety.

Alaska confirms 2 salmonella cases tied to eggs:Alaska has confirmed at least two cases of salmonella matching the strain tied to recalled eggs, a health department spokesman said.Greg Wilkinson on Thursday told The Associated Press that in at least one of the cases, in Anchorage, the person ate eggs. He said it's not yet clear whether the second person, in Homer, also did, though the department says eggs are suspected.

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