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TagsGarden State eggs produced regionally
There is no indication New Jersey food stores offer the potentially tainted eggs that are the basis of a nationwide recall, the state Division of Consumer Affairs announced Thursday.
Consumer Affairs officials said staff contacted major grocery and supermarket chains operating in the state, including A&P, Acme, Foodtown, Pathmark, ShopRite and Stop & Shop and all reported that they receive eggs only from nearby regional sources and do not stock the eggs subject to the recall.
The officials also consulted information compiled by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which indicates that none of the eggs subject to the recall were shipped to New Jersey.
Many supermarkets have signs posted at dairy cases, informing consumers that the eggs available for sale are not part of the recall. Consumers also can ask store managers about the eggs offered for sale, if no information about the recall is posted.
Last Friday, Wright County Egg of Galt, Iowa, conducted a nationwide voluntary recall of shell eggs that it had shipped since May 19 to various food wholesalers, distribution centers and foodservice companies in California, Illinois, Missouri, Colorado, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa. That recall was expanded Wednesday to include these companies in Arkansas, Arizona, Georgia, Oklahoma, Oregon, Nevada, Texas, Utah and Washington. These companies distribute nationwide.The recalled shell eggs are packaged under the brand names: Lucerne, Albertson, Mountain Dairy, Ralph's, Boomsma's, Sunshine, Hillandale, Trafficanda, Farm Fresh, Shoreland, Lund, Dutch Farms and Kemps.
For more information on the recall, visit here
— TOM HESTER SR., NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
