Farms fell short on safety, FDA chief says
Washington (CNN) – Commissioner Margaret Hamburg of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will appear on CNN’s “American Morning” Monday to discuss a salmonella outbreak that has prompted a recall of half a billion eggs from 17 states.
On Sunday, Hamburg said the companies involved in the recall fell short of safety standards at their farms.
“There’s no question these farms involved in the recall were not operating with the standards of practice we consider responsible,” Hamburg told CNN.
She said “about 1,000” people have been sickened by a salmonella outbreak that federal regulators have traced back to two Iowa egg producers. One of those companies said Sunday it is “devastated” by the possible connection between its product and salmonella.
Hillandale Farms of Iowa announced Friday it was recalling more than 170 million eggs. Another 380 million have been recalled by another Iowa producer, Wright County Egg, after the FDA linked the eggs to an outbreak of salmonella that has sickened hundreds of people nationwide.
“We are devastated that our eggs have been implicated in making people sick,” Hillandale Farms, one of the largest U.S. producers, said in a statement issued Sunday. “We have never had a product recall in our 45-year history, and it flies in the face of our mission to provide wholesome, nutritious food for the American public. We regret that anyone might have become ill, and the concern and disruption this has caused our customers.”
**The eggs were shipped to a total of 17 states across the country: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Nevada, Minnesota, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wisconsin. **
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