Nutriom withdraws processed egg products over Salmonella concerns

Nutriom, a US-based dehydrated and powdered egg products producer, is recalling about 226,710lbs of processed egg products due to possible Salmonella contamination, according to the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).

The products being recalled include: 1,383lb super sack of ‘OvaEasy Boil-in-Bag Egg Mix, Butter Flavor’ with the lot code ‘C0513-A’, 2,540lb super sack of ‘OvaEasy Plain Whole Egg’ with the lot code ‘B1913-A’, and 2,409lb super sack of ‘OvaEasy Plain Whole Egg’ with the lot code ‘B1913-B’.

These products were shipped to co-packers for incorporation into consumer-size packages.

The withdrawal also includes 3.06lb bags of ‘OvaEasy Boil-in-Bag Egg Mix, Butter Flavor’ with the Julian dates ‘3074’ and ‘3075’, 2.34lb bags of ‘OvaEasy Boil-in-Bag, Reduced Cholesterol’ with the Julian dates ‘3122’, ‘3123’, ‘3124’, ‘3127’, ‘3128’ and ‘3129’, and 4.5oz cans of ‘OvaEasy Plain Whole Egg’ with the Julian date ‘2903’, ‘1343’ and ‘2893’.

Also affected are 128g packs of ‘Egg Crystal, Sea Salt and Pepper’ with the Julian date ‘3033’, and 128g packs of ‘Egg Crystal, Sausage and Herb’ with the Julian date ‘3043’, among other products.

Produced between 28 February 2013 and 8 February 2014, the dried egg products feature the establishment number ‘INSPECTED EGG PRODUCTS PLANT 21493G’ inside the USDA mark of inspection.

The implicated products were shipped across the country and to US military installations in the US and abroad, as well as to Canada.

Washington State Laboratories identified the problem in response to a billing inquiry by Nutriom and notified FSIS personnel of the discrepancies in laboratory results.

FSIS and Nutriom have received no reports of illnesses associated with the consumption of these products.

Classified as Class I, the recall indicates a health hazard situation where there is a reasonable probability that the use of the product will cause serious, adverse health consequences or death.

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Image: The recall affects OvaEasy Plain Whole Egg packs. Photo courtesy of United States Department of Agriculture.