New iFSN Food Safety Infosheet: Raw egg dish linked to 18 Salmonella illnesses

Raw egg dishes have been linked to numerous Salmonella outbreaks (check out CSPI's outbreak database for a list of egg-related outbreaks since 1990).

Today's infosheet  focuses on a couple of recent outbreaks where raw egg dishes were implicated on Guernsey Island and in Australia.  Raw egg dishes including Caesar salad dressing, Hollandaise, mayonnaise, mousses, icings and homemade ice cream have been linked to Salmonella outbreaks.

Click here to download the infosheet.

Infosheets are created weekly by iFSN and are posted in restaurants, retail stores, on farms and used in training throughout the world. If you have any infosheet topic requests, or photos, please contact Ben Chapman at bchapman@uoguelph.ca
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Seraphine - June 27, 2008 9:25 AM

You mention the presence of raw eggs in mayonnaise. But isn't the stuff you buy in a jar at the store "safe" because of the way it's processed?

Ben - June 27, 2008 9:29 AM

Yep -- some homemade mayo and aioli recipes call for raw eggs. The major brand stuff you get at the store has been processed.

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