Food recall

Good Earth Egg Company recall: Shell eggs, various sizes

Good Earth Egg Company, of Bonne Terre, MO, recalled Shell eggs, various sizes. The FDA's reason: “May be contaminated with Salmonella.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on January 8, 2016, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of October 26, 2016. The FDA has closed the recall: it found the company did all it reasonably could to remove or correct the product.

How serious

Class I

It could cause serious harm or death

Why

Salmonella

Status

Terminated

Closed December 6, 2017

The recall

Company
Good Earth Egg Company (Bonne Terre, MO)
Reason, in FDA's words
“May be contaminated with Salmonella.”
Where it was sold
Product was directly distributed to restaurant, retail, and wholesale customers in GA. IL, KS, and MO. The GA firm sent product to a public storage facility in TX. There was no foreign, military, or government distribution.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
73028

The product recalled

As the FDA describes them, with the codes that tell whether a package is part of the recall.

  • F-0147-2017 Class I

    Shell eggs, various sizes, packaged in the following ways: 6-count cartons, 10-count cartons, 12-count cartons, 18-count cartons, 15 dozen cases, and 30 dozen cases; under the brand name Good Earth Egg Company and MO license # D-01124. The responsible firm name is Good Earth Egg Company, Bonne Terre, MO

    Codes: all date codes up to and including 006 -- Sell by 02/05/2016

    Quantity: approximately 2,232,000

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Source and notes

U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Enforcement Reports (openFDA food recall data) (Public domain (U.S. government work); source U.S. Food and Drug Administration, openFDA), data as of October 26, 2016.

Each week the FDA lists the recalls it has classified in its Enforcement Report, often weeks after the company announced the recall, so a month with five weekly reports tends to count more. Each recall counts once, however many products it covers, in the month FDA first listed it. Class I means the food could cause serious harm or death, Class II temporary or minor harm, and Class III is unlikely to harm anyone. Meat, poultry and most egg products are recalled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, not the FDA, and aren't included. For what to do with a recalled product, see the FDA's recalls page.