Officials Waited 2 Weeks To Tell Public Of Egg Danger
The Des Moines Register reports that “State and federal health agencies identified an Iowa egg company as a likely source of illnesses at least two weeks before the firm launched a masÂsive egg recall Aug. 13 and the public got its first hint of a growing national salÂmonella outbreak, health officials said in interviews with USA Today.”
About 1,300 illnesses have been linked to the salmoÂnella outbreak; for each confirmed case, federal experts estimate there are 30 additional unreported illnesses.
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