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Egg Recall

jglass

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Hillandale eggs are one the of brands sold by a grocery store here in town. They also carry other brands like Egglands Best. I usually buy the brown extra large Hilldandale or Egglands Best. Well since the recall I have been buying only the Egglands. That same store here in town has tons of the Hillandale eggs they bought before the recall whose lot number was not included in the recall. At this point I do not want any eggs with Hillandale on the label. I do not care what the lot number is. When I went to the grocery store on my way home today they had one dozen of Egglands and tons and tons of Hillandale. I asked the person stocking the shelf about it and she tells me those Hillandales were not included in the recall.
I asked her if there were any more Egglands Best in the back and she tells me they didnt order any of them this week because they have so many other eggs.
So in other words they are trying to force customers to buy the Hillandale because that is all that they have. I told her if that was what the manager was thinking to think again. I would do without eggs before buying the Hillandale right now. I told her I am not feeding my loved ones anything from that company right now and she kept saying these were not in the recall and I told her that is today. Then she tells me that I am not the only one to tell her that today. How dirty is that! When I was a kid the man who started that store and ran it til he retired would have never have tried something like that. He would roll over in his grave if he knew.
 
I usually buy a brand called "Rose Acre Farms" I honestly haven't seen any of the lists out there- hope this one's not on it!

Just checked online and Rose Acres is not included amongst those re-called. Whew!
 
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Rose Acre Farms is one of the brands normally sold here but since that store is over stocked on Hillandale that is all they are putting out there for sale. I did call the manager and tell him what I thought. Now you see why so many people make the drive to hit up Walmart in the next county.
 
I wouldn't trust any of the stores right now - stick to eggands with the stamp on them - low-down scoundrel store owners are now switching eggs from the cartons to sell them -
them and their dang blasted profits
 
Eggs

Wanna hear irony? I was just reading in a cooking mag a couple of weeks ago an article about the safety of eggs. The article went on to state that the odds of one of us getting a tainted egg in our lifetime - with the advent of chicken growers' reluctance to use antibiotics and growth hormones and the government tightening regulations - was about one in a billion.

I think it is so sad that food manufacturers seem to care more about shelf life than the life of humans.

-sissy
 
To Mama re eggs

I so agree. I don't trust any store anywhere.

I live in Norfolk Va and since 4 of my grandchildren live with us, I have to buy a lot of chicken. Also, our family reunion was a few weeks ago and I went to our neighborhood market to stock up on chicken parts. I don't mind so much that it's frozen when I purchase it because with less than 2 blocks to come from market to freezer, there's little danger of contamination. I took all of the chicken out on the morning of the reunion to thaw. As soon as I cut the plastic, a horrendously foul odor came from the bag. I immediately triple-bagged it and took it right back to the store. Even the customer-service rep wouldn't touch it.

They don't care about us. It's all about the ding dang dollar.
 
I have tried to buy whole chickens on a couple occasions at the same store I mentioned with the eggs. Both times the chickens were bad and when I took them back they tried to give me another one. I told them after smelling rotted chicken I really had no desire to cook it for dinner. I would so not put it past them to switch out those eggs like Mama mentioned. I love to roast whole chicken so once a month I get 4-5 from Walmart and put them in the freezer. This town has two sorry excuses for grocery stores.
 
Whole chickens from our local WalMart are just about salted for life. Chickens range from 72 - 94 mg sodium depending on light or dark, bone in or bone out and skin on or skin off. The ones at Walmart list at 320 mg per 4 oz. Always fiqured a 4 lb hen was a 2 3/4 Lb chicken sitting in 1 1/4 lbs of brine. While it does lengthen shelf life it takes it off of my low sodium diet altogether.
 
Me, too. I've also learned to beware of "manager's specials." After being bitten a couple of times, I steer clear of them. They usually put a sticker over inferior parts of the meat and one doesn't see this until one gets ready to cook the item. I repeat: God help us!
 
They are still finding recalled eggs on the shelves for sale in stores here. Stores should be fined hard when they are caught selling these eggs.
 
Maybe we should deal with local farmers when possible. I've been thinking along these lines for beef. I have a local guy who raises red and black angus who sells for 5.00 a pound out the door. That's butchered, packaged and all. It's a 1/2 cow minimum, but having a chest freezer I should be able to store it.
 
that's a good deal Rick - as fas as local farmers - our produce is in the stores now - all local - and the prices have tripled - it's sickening
 
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