Recently, a statement was released announcing that a company that had been under oversight by the FDA already had another brush with salmonella and had withheld some eggs to protect consumers until the danger was averted.
According to bradenton.com, Centrum Valley Farms was under supervision by the United States Food and Drug Administration already because it was implicated in the 2010 egg industry salmonella outbreak that led to the recall of 500 million eggs after roughly 2,000 became ill.
This May, all six of the company's poultry houses were tested for salmonella. The FDA discovered the bacteria in two of the six poultry barns and warned the company, even though it did not mean that the bacteria were present in the eggs themselves.
The company informed the public that the eggs were withheld for additional testing as directed by legislation. The eggs tested negative for salmonella four times and were eventually approved by the Food and Drug Administration for food sale.
A warning letter was still issued by the FDA for the barns, informing the company that there was still a risk of the salmonella getting into the eggs through the chickens. They also acknowledged that the company was working with them to fix the problem and asked for a letter explaining all it had done.
In a return letter, Centrum Valley plans to explain the steps it has taken to improve the situation, which included several amendments to the salmonella testing process that follow the laws created in 2010.
According to bradenton.com, Centrum Valley Farms was under supervision by the United States Food and Drug Administration already because it was implicated in the 2010 egg industry salmonella outbreak that led to the recall of 500 million eggs after roughly 2,000 became ill.
This May, all six of the company's poultry houses were tested for salmonella. The FDA discovered the bacteria in two of the six poultry barns and warned the company, even though it did not mean that the bacteria were present in the eggs themselves.
The company informed the public that the eggs were withheld for additional testing as directed by legislation. The eggs tested negative for salmonella four times and were eventually approved by the Food and Drug Administration for food sale.
A warning letter was still issued by the FDA for the barns, informing the company that there was still a risk of the salmonella getting into the eggs through the chickens. They also acknowledged that the company was working with them to fix the problem and asked for a letter explaining all it had done.
In a return letter, Centrum Valley plans to explain the steps it has taken to improve the situation, which included several amendments to the salmonella testing process that follow the laws created in 2010.
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