U.S. FDA: contaminated chicken feed or main cause of egg recall
YORK August 27 morning news, the U.S. regulators Thursday said the chicken feed is contaminated with Salmonella may result in Iowa last week, two egg suppliers to recall more than 500 million pieces of contaminated eggs, the main reason.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) food infection coordinator 谢莉麦克格里 (Sherri McGarri) said today: "We have received confirmation of Salmonella-positive ... ... its DNA characteristics and White County Egg Farm and Hillandale Farms chicken feed samples match the DNA characteristics. "
Maikegeli that Salmonella cases associated with these feed egg farm in White County, a feed mill in production, the farm last week to recall 380 million eggs. She also said that Hillandale Farm also received this feed.
Maikegeli said the Food and Drug Administration from the two farms suspected pathogens in 24 of 600 samples were collected, and its been tested. She pointed out that although the feed is the most likely source of disease, but may not be the only source of disease, and that the Bureau will continue to collect samples for analysis.
since May 1 has been broken out across the United States has nearly 2,400 cases of salmonella cases, the disease is the largest since 1970, the first outbreak.
Salmonella is a major pathogen causing acute gastroenteritis, in which Salmonella typhimurium, Salmonella enteritidis, Salmonella choleraesuis, Salmonella and other more common. Typical symptoms of infection include fever, diarrhea and vomiting. (Jin-liang)
