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> Subject: NNF - Buggy Eggs
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> March 24, 2000
> NUTRITION NEWS FOCUS
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> Today's Topic: Buggy Eggs
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> In the 1980s and 1990s, a bacteria called Salmonella
> enteriditis (SE)
> emerged as an important cause of human
> gastrointestinal illness in
> the U.S.; it appears to have been prevalent across
> Europe for years
> before.  Most illnesses with SE are due to use of
> raw or undercooked
> eggs.
>
> The real incidence of infection with SE is unknown
> but estimated from
> large outbreaks that occur at meals in restaurants,
> social halls,
> churches, etc.  When many people come down with
> severe intestinal
> symptoms, this is often reported to health
> authorities who track down
> the source.
>
> HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:  Even in infected
> flocks of chickens, the rate of infection of the
> eggs is very low and
> is often less than one in 200 eggs.  However,
> getting that one
> infected egg can cause real problems for people
> whose defenses are
> not the best: young children, the elderly, pregnant
> women, and the
> chronically ill.  The bacteria are actually
> deposited while the egg
> is forming and are under the shell.  Simple
> protection measures are
> storing eggs under refrigeration and cooking them
> thoroughly until
> both yolk and white are firm.


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