California farm issues urgent egg recall over salmonella fears

San Diego residents may want to think twice before making scrambled eggs.Happy Hens egg farm is voluntarily recalling some of its eggs over concerns they could be contaminated with salmonella.The California Department of Public Health is also warning consumers about the potential contamination.The biggest news, opinion and culture shaping California right now.

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Never miss a story Consumers with Happy Hens organic eggs in their refrigerators are being advised to toss them or return them to the store.The recalled eggs have sell-by dates of Sept.

10, Sept.13 and Sept.

24.The recalled eggs were sold in a range of sizes, from dozen- and 18-count cartons to 20- and 30-count flats.The recall also includes 15-dozen cases distributed to foodservice customers.Happy Hens issued a voluntary recall on Sept.

8 following a salmonella outbreak that sickened 23 people between June 21 and Aug.16.An investigation by the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency, which included interviews with people who became ill, traced the outbreak to the farm.Before the recall, Happy Hens co-owner Chloe Nevarez said on Aug.

17 that she did not believe there was evidence at the time connecting the farm’s eggs to the illnesses.She also said the farm’s chickens had not tested positive for salmonella before the county announced the outbreak.“They’ve publicly announced this information, 100% unfounded, not a shred of evidence, not a shred of testing done,” Chloe Nevarez said in an Instagram post. “So again, I hope you guys realize what your food system does and what’s going on here, because this is literally outlandish the things that are happening.”She added that the farm routinely tests its chickens for salmonella.Subsequent testing, however, detected salmonella at the farm.The FDA inspected Happy Hens and collected sa...