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  • Title: Food labeling, safe handling statements, labeling of shell eggs; refrigeration of shell eggs held for retail distribution. Food and Drug Administration, HHS. Final rule.
    Journal: Fed Regist; 2000 Dec 05; 65(234):76092-114. PubMed ID: 11503723.
    Abstract:
    The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is revising its food labeling regulations to require a safe handling statement on cartons of shell eggs that have not been treated to destroy Salmonella microorganisms. The agency also is requiring that, when held at retail establishments, shell eggs be stored and displayed under refrigeration at a temperature of 7.2 degrees C (45 degrees F) or less. FDA is taking these actions because of the number of outbreaks of foodborne illnesses and deaths caused by Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) that are associated with the consumption of shell eggs. These actions also respond, in part, to petitions from Rose Acres Farm, Inc., and the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI). Safe handling statements will help consumers take measures to protect themselves from illness or deaths associated with consumption of shell eggs that have not been treated to destroy Salmonella (all serotypes). Refrigeration of shell eggs that have not been treated to destroy Salmonella will help prevent the growth of SE in shell eggs.
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