CDC Issues Warning About Hard-Boiled Eggs Due to Listeria

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A multistate outbreak of listeria connected to hard-boiled eggs produced by Almark Foods is currently being investigated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). People in Florida, Maine, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, and Illinois have gotten sick. According to the CDC, four people have been hospitalized so far, and there has been one death in Texas. “Interviews with ill people and laboratory evidence indicate that bulk, fresh hard-boiled eggs produced by Almark Foods of Gainesville, Ga., are a likely source of this outbreak. These eggs were packaged in plastic pails and sold under various brand names nationwide to food service operators, including grocery stores and restaurants,” the CDC said in a statement.

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