Egg Safety: In Light of Recent Recall & FDA Recommendation to Use Pasteurized Eggs, Chicago Company Ramps Up Production of Salmonella-Free Eggs

Chicago-Based Company Leads World in Production of the Salmonella-Free Eggs Safe

LANSING, Ill., Aug. 19 / PRNewswire / - Chicago-based National Eggs pasteurized today ramped up Production of the ITS industry's leading salmonella-free Davidson's Safest Choice pasteurized Shell Eggs as federal health officials as expanded the recall of eggs linked salmonella enteritidis Thurs Thurs 380 million.

It is Tuesday, the FDA advised use of pasteurized shell eggs and liquid Thurs help retailers and food service Outlets, along with Consumers, Avoid contracting dangerous egg-related salmonella enteritidis (SE). The announcement Can be downloaded at http://www.fda.gov/Food/NewsEvents/WhatsNewinFood/ucm222684.htm

Already the nation's leading in-pasteurizer of shell eggs, pasteurized National Eggs produces Thousands of eggs daily out of plants in Suburban Chicago and eastern South Dakota. NPE pasteurizes eggs via an all-natural, patented process Recognized by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Thurs inactivate Salmonella and the Avian Influenza Virus. The company is the world's largest Producer of pasteurized shell eggs, and the eggs are Used by America's industry leaders in the restaurant, hotel, health care and educational fields.

According to a 2009 a survey fielded by TNS World Wide Regarding Americans' preferred egg Preparation Choices, more than just one in four Americans eat Their eggs sunny side up, and 28 PERCENT of Americans eat Their eggs over easy, Both styles in wakes eggs are served undercooked. Additionally, Nearly Two-Thirds of Americans are unaware That Salmonella is contagious and spread via Can Be Cross-Contamination.

The Food and Drug Administration Recommendation to-use pasteurized eggs was made amid news of a massive recall of shell eggs. Additionally, the CDC Reported That since May 2010, there has Been a fourfold Increase in the number of SE isolates Identified through nation wide Pulse http://www.cdc.gov/pulsenet/, the National subtyping network made up of state and local public Health Laboratories and the federal food Regulatory Laboratories. According to The CDC, IT Received reports of 200 SE Cases Approximately every week During late June and early July. The CDC Received an average of 50 reports of SE illness EACH week over the past five years.

"We're pleased That the FDA is advising That all food service and Outlets Consumers do what hospitals, health care facilities and mutch safety-conscious restaurants, hotels and venues do: use pasteurized shell eggs," said Greg West, president of NPE. "There is no reason Thurs Eve Introduce salmonella into kitchen for months - home or professional - if You Can use pasteurized products."