WUSA 9 – Consumers are being warned to throw out their store-bought hard-boiled eggs due to a deadly Listeria outbreak. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the eggs have made seven people in five states sick, including four who had to be hospitalized. One person in Texas died. A newborn was infected while its mother was pregnant, but the baby survived. The illnesses were reported in Florida, Maine, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Texas. The eggs from Almark Foods of Gainesville, Ga., were sent to foodservice operators nationwide. They have not been recalled.
Due to this possible presence of Listeria, the CDC is warning against selling, serving or using the eggs to make other products. The CDC says consumers will not be able to tell if the products they have purchased contain these eggs, so retailers and foodservice operators need to know who supplies their bulk hard-boiled eggs. If you bought an egg salad from one of these places, you may not know where the eggs came from. This does not affect eggs you bought at the store and then hard-boiled at home on your own. It only affects store-bought hard-boiled eggs and products that contain them. READ MORE
