Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Announces Voluntary Shell Egg Recall Due to Possible Health Risk

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JACKSON, Miss.--()--Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: CALM) today announced the Company was notified after the close of business on April 13, 2018, by Rose Acre Farms of Seymour, Indiana, of a voluntary egg recall. The eggs involved in the recall have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella Braenderup and were distributed from Rose Acre Farms’ Hyde County, North Carolina, facility from January 11, 2018, through April 12, 2018. Salmonella Braenderup can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy individuals infected with Salmonella Braenderup can experience fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. In rare circumstances, infection with Salmonella Braenderup 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.

Through an abundance of caution, Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. is voluntarily recalling one load, or 23,400 dozen eggs, purchased from Rose Acre Farms and re-packaged at the Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.’s Dade City, Florida, location. The product will list the plant number of P-1359D, and will have a Julian date of either 048A or 049A and a best by date of April 2, 2018, or April 3, 2018.

All customers that received these eggs from Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. have been notified of the recall. No illnesses have been reported to date.

The potentially affected eggs being recalled by Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. are listed below. Plant numbers and Julian dates can be found printed on the individual boxes. The Julian date follows the plant number, for example P-1359D-048A. These eggs were distributed in the state of Florida.

           
Product Description UPC Lot Number Best By

PUBLIX GRADE A extra large EGGS 18PK

0 41415 00966 0 P1359D 048A

P1359D 049A

APR 02

APR 03

SUNUP GRADE A LARGE EGGS 18PK 0 28621 36398 4 P1359D 049A APR 03
XLG LOOSE GENERIC 15 DZ N/A P1359D 048A APR 02
RESTRICTED EGGS N/A P1359D 048A

P1359D 049A

APR 02

APR 03

BREAKING STOCK 30DZ N/A P1359D 048A

P1359D 049A

APR 02

APR 03

 

This is a consumer level recall. Consumers who believe they may have purchased potentially affected shell eggs should not eat them but should return them to the store where they were purchased. Questions and concerns may be directed to Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.’s corporate office at 1-888-254-4465, (extension 4387 on the Company’s voicemail system) between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Central Standard time.

Contacts

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.
Dolph Baker, 601-948-6813
Chairman and CEO
or
Timothy A. Dawson, 601-948-6813
Vice President and CFO

Contacts

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.
Dolph Baker, 601-948-6813
Chairman and CEO
or
Timothy A. Dawson, 601-948-6813
Vice President and CFO