Evidence of salmonella outbreak seen earlier

The USA Today says federal health officials knew an Iowa egg company was likely a source of illness 2 weeks before they announced the major egg recall to the public.
The article explains that in July the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “even considered reminding the public generally about the dangers of eating undercooked eggs” but “the CDC decided it would be more effective to wait until the Food and Drug Administration completed its investigation of the company, Wright County Egg in Galt, Iowa.”

Food safety advocates are criticizing this move, saying the CDC should have erred on the side of informing consumers.

The USA Today article says “about 550 million eggs have been recalled this month by Wright County Egg and a second Iowa producer on Aug. 20, Hillandale Farms. The CDC says about 1,300 illnesses appear linked to the salmonella outbreak; for each reported case, it estimates there may be 30 unreported illnesses.”
What do you think? Should the CDC have erred on the side of telling consumers or not?

-Ed Bernstein

Hints of salmonella outbreak seen earlier
By Alison Young, USA TODAY

State and federal health agencies identified an Iowa egg company as a likely source of illness at least two weeks before the firm launched a massive egg recall Aug. 13 and the public got its first hint of a growing national salmonella outbreak, health officials said in interviews with USA TODAY.

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