Egg Recall

The eggs we bought at Costco last week have been recalled:

Costco has issued another major food recall due to potential salmonella contamination, affecting over 10,000 units of organic eggs sold at its warehouses nationwide.

The recall, announced Nov. 27 by Handsome Brook Farms, covers Kirkland Signature Organic Pasture-Raised 24-Count Eggs. More than 250,000 eggs were found to have been potentially contaminated with salmonella after being mistakenly packaged for retail sale...

The affected units have the UPC number 9661910680 and a use-by date of Jan. 5, 2025. They were packaged in plastic egg cartons labeled with the Kirkland Signature logo and mostly sold in Southern states.

The Universal Product Code matches the eggs that may have salmonella. We've consumed nine eggs already to no ill effect, but we'll not take any chances and return what's left.

We've been buying foods labeled "organic" because of their putative health benefits, but there is a trade-off. Organic fruits and vegetables need to be washed thoroughly because they are grown without pesticides; some foods spoil faster because they don't have preservatives; and who knows whether egg salmonella has increased because hens are raised without antibiotics?

We still must be vigilant against food-borne illness, and buying organic is no panacea.