Wisconsin health officials have initiated a recall of eggs following an outbreak of salmonella infections among 65 people in nine states that originated on a Wisconsin farm.

Wisconsin health officials initiated a recall of eggs following an outbreak of salmonella infections among 65 people in nine states that originated on a Wisconsin farm.

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services said in a statement Friday that among those infected by salmonella are 42 people in Wisconsin, where the eggs are believed to have been sold.

“The eggs were distributed in Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan through retail stores and food service distributors,” the department said. “The recall includes all egg types such as conventional cage-free, organic, and non-GMO, carton sizes, and expiration dates in containers labeled with ‘Milo’s Poultry Farms’ or ‘Tony’s Fresh Market.’”

    • girlfreddy@lemmy.caOP
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      2 months ago

      Cage-free just means they’re packed into barns instead of cages. (I know this because I worked on a farm like this).

      Organic means they haven’t been fed growth hormones or antibiotics.

      Free range means they’re outdoors eating seeds like grandpa’s farm chickens do. Outdoor chickens tend to be healthier (for obvious reasons) and virus/bacterial infection rates are much lower for the same reason.

      • Kanzar@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        2 months ago

        And that’s only if your area has actual regulations on what free range even means.

        For reference, here in Australia:

        Under the law, eggs labelled as ‘free range’ must come from hens that are able to roam and forage outdoors for at least eight hours each day. The maximum outdoor stocking density for free range egg farming is 10,000 hens per hectare of land or one hen per square metre.

        That is awful! I buy a brand that has 40 per hectare, they have portable sheds that gets rotated across the property, and the hens get guard dogs to protect them as they roam.