August 18, 2010-Yesterday as I was viewing the latest news stories in my computer, I noticed a mention of eggs being recall because of Salmonella. The article mentioned "Lucerne" a brand of eggs from 'Safeway,' which I happened to purchase a dozen the day before at the 15 Marina Blvd store. The article listed dozen and 18 count egg cartons with Plant ID# 1026, 1413 & 1946 with the Julian dates 136 to 225. I went to my refrigerator to check and just my luck I finally in my lifetime got an item that was involved in a Nationwide recall.
Today I visited the same store customer service window to return the recalled eggs, the clerk checked the date with his list and confirm it was one of the recalled eggs. He placed my carton of eggs with the other 8 stack of recalled eggs carton on the back counter. He asked if I wanted to get an replacement dozen and return back to the window in exchange. I went to the eggs section and all the eggs were the same batch I brought two days ago---Sell by 09/05/10 P1026 219. I was not going to replace a recalled eggs with another carton of recalled eggs, therefore I asked another clerk why this store still have recalled eggs in the shelves, he claims that's a good question. He offer to go to the back storeroom and get me a dozen without the P1026 219 code on the carton. He returned with a carton labeled---SEP 15 229 36 P1776.
I brought the carton of eggs to the customer service clerk and asked him why there is still P1026 219 eggs in the shelves. He replied that those eggs was cleared by FDA today as a different shipment from the recalled eggs. He looked at my carton of eggs and said mine was from P1776.
The answer seems a bit strange. I got home checked the FDA---U.S. Food And Drug Administration website at www.fda.gov and they just mentioned causally about potential Salmonella in shell eggs with the brand names but no listings of the recalled products code. The site did listed other sites for further information. I checked www.eggsafety.org and got a better understanding why foods safety in America is not a big concern until at least 2 or more people dies!
This site stated that on August 13, 2010 Wright County Eggs of Galt, Iowa issued a press release...voluntary recall of their shell eggs that have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. They listed Plant ID# 1026, 1413 & 1946 with the Julian dates 136 through 225. Remember the press release wording of "potential to be contaminated" nobody died yet, but over 250 people have gotten sick from eating their eggs! The FDA are in the process of investigating Salmonella in eggs---no death so far, therefore just inform the consumers to cook the eggs correctly and refrain from eating raw eggs.
August 18, 2010 Wright County Eggs of Galt, Iowa issued an updated press release...expanding voluntary recall of their shell eggs that have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. They listed Plant ID# 1720 & 1942 with the Julian dates 136 through 229.
The Wizard surmised that maybe someone in this Safeway store misread the latest press release without reading the word "expanding," thinking only the last two Plant ID# was being recalled and the others are now safe...or is this just wishful thinking.
I checked all the latest or updated listings of product codes for "Lucerne" eggs still listed Plant ID 1026 with Julian dates 136 through 225 as recalled eggs, there were no mention that some or any were exempted. It could be just a case of 'rotten' employer, 'scramble' employee and 'over easy' regulator!
I checked all the latest or updated listings of product codes for "Lucerne" eggs still listed Plant ID 1026 with Julian dates 136 through 225 as recalled eggs, there were no mention that some or any were exempted. It could be just a case of 'rotten' employer, 'scramble' employee and 'over easy' regulator!
