A hard-boiled egg recall has expanded to products sold at Walmart and Trader Joe's following a deadly listeria outbreak.
Almark Foods broadened the recall to include all hard-boiled egg products manufactured at its facility in Gainesville, Georgia, due to potential listeria contamination.
The listeria outbreak has been linked to seven cases, including one death and four hospitalizations, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. The outbreak is contained to five states, but the recalled products were shipped nationwide.
The expanded recall includes popular brands and organic fare, like Egglands Best, Pete & Gerry's, and Vital Farms.
Trader Joe's egg and potato salads were recalled, too, because Almark Foods provided broken egg whites used in their production.
Affected products have a "Best If Used By" date that starts with a G, which means the product was manufactured at the Gainesville facility and should not be consumed, the Food and Drug Administration said.
Almark Foods has temporarily halted production at the Georgia plant in the meantime, though its plants in North Carolina and Arizona are operating at "heightened capacity" to meet consumer needs, the company's president, Don Stoner, told CNN.
"We are working diligently in cooperation with the FDA to restore operations at our Gainesville plant so that we can continue providing safe, healthy, and affordable eggs to the market from that facility," he said. "We apologize for this extremely rare safety lapse and we're making every effort to ensure that nothing like this ever happens again."
Those who are at a high risk of infection should use extreme caution.
The listeria bacteria seriously impacts pregnant women, older adults, people with weakened immune systems and newborns, the CDC said. Its symptoms are similar to other food-borne illnesses, including fever and diarrhea, but in severe cases, it can cause miscarriages or stillbirths in pregnant women.
Until the CDC knows more about the outbreak, it recommends high-risk consumers throw out any store-bought hard-boiled eggs or products containing them, like egg salad.
Do not eat those products, the CDC advised. Instead, throw them out and sanitize the places where they were stored.
Recalled products
Trader Joe's Egg Salad, 6-ounce cupsUse-by dates: On or before 12/27/19
Use-by dates: On or before 12/27/19
2-count hard-cooked eggs with salt and pepper
Multiple products
Three 2 counts in Clamshell Hard Cooked Eggs
12-count hard-cooked eggs
Great Value 6-count stand-up pouch hard-cooked eggs
2-count hard-cooked eggs
12-count hard-cooked eggs
Multiple products
6-count hard-cooked eggs
6-count stand-up pouch hard-cooked eggs
6-count stand-up pouch hard-cooked eggs
6-count hard-cooked eggs
2-count hard-cooked eggs
6-count stand-up pouch cage-free hard-cooked eggs
2- and 6-count hard-cooked eggs
60-count stand-up pouch hard-cooked eggs
2- and 6-count organic hard-cooked eggs
2-count organic hard-cooked eggs
Three Cage Free 2 counts in Clamshell Hard Cooked Eggs
6-count stand-up pouch hard-cooked eggs
6-cont stand-up pouch hard-cooked eggs
Jack'd protein snack
6-count stand-up pouch cage-free hard-cooked eggs
2-count hard-cooked eggs
2- and 6-count hard-cooked eggs
Two 1 Counts boxed Hard Cooked Eggs--With Dip
1 Count Hard-Cooked Eggs
6-Count Stand up Pouch Organic Hard Cooked Eggs
2-Count Organic Hard-Cooked Eggs
12-Count Hard-Cooked Eggs
Hard-Cooked Eggs - 5# Bag
Diced Egg - 5# Bag
12-Count Cage Free Hard-Cooked Eggs
6-Count Stand-Up Pouch Cage Free Hard-Cooked Eggs
6-Count Organic Hard-Cooked Eggs
2-Count Hard-Cooked Eggs w/salt/pepper
Pasture Raised Hard-Cooked Eggs - 5# Bag
Three Boxed 2 Counts Pasture Raised Hard-Cooked Eggs
2-Count Pasture Raised Hard-Cooked Eggs with salt and pepper
6-Count Organic Hard-Cooked Eggs
