Roughly 1.7M dozens eggs recalled, many sold in Indiana
MGN SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Eggs sold in Indiana and Illinois are being recalled due to a potential Salmonella contamination.
The Federal Department of Agriculture announced the recall late last week after the August Egg Company of Hilmar, Calif. informed them of the potential health risks.
The company is recalling 1,700,000 dozen brown cage free and brown certified organic eggs, because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, "an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems," the FDA said.
"Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. In rare circumstances, infection with Salmonella can result in the organism getting into the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses such as arterial infections (i.e., infected aneurysms), endocarditis and arthritis."
A batch of the eggs were distributed from Feb. 3 through May 15, 2025, with sell by dates from March 4, to June 4, 2025, within California and Nevada at retail locations including Save Mart, FoodMaxx, Lucky, Smart & Final, Safeway, Raleys, Food 4 Less and Ralphs.
Other batches were distributed from February 3 through May 6, 2025, with sell by dates from March 4 to June 19, 2025, to Walmart locations in California, Washington, Nevada, Arizona, Wyoming, New Mexico, Nebraska, Indiana and Illinois.
The recalled eggs will have printed on the carton or package a plant code number P-6562 or CA5330 with the Julian Dates between 32 to 126. The recalled retail eggs will be in fiber or plastic cartons, with the above codes printed on one side of the carton.
"August Egg Company is not selling fresh shell eggs at this time," a company spokesperson said.
"Our firm has voluntarily been diverting eggs to an egg-breaking plant for over 30 days, which pasteurizes the eggs and kills any potential foodborne pathogens."
Consumers who may have eggs produced in this plant, as identified by the plant code on one side of the egg carton, should return it to their place of purchase for a full refund.
Any other questions may be directed to the company at 1-800-710-2554, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Pacific Time.
