Food-borne Illness

More microbiologic monitoring needed for eggs

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, January 26th, 2003

A concerted prevention effort is needed from farm to table for all eggs to help prevent Salmonella enteritidis (SE) infections, according to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Repeated investigations have indicated that the most common sources of SE infection are undercooked and raw shell eggs. Although rates of culture-confirmed SE infection reported to CDC have declined since the early 1990s, there has been no further decline in the reported cases of SE from 1999 through 2001, and outbreaks associated with shell eggs continue to occur, according to Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

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