The Centers for Disease Control (“CDC”) has issued a salmonella outbreak alert for brown eggs sold in nine states by California-based August Egg Company after 79 people across seven states were sickened after consuming the impacted eggs,

A major salmonella outbreak involving 1.7 million eggs from the August Egg company has infected 79 people in seven states.

About 1.7 million dozen shell eggs are being voluntarily recalled after being linked to a salmonella outbreak, officials say. Here's what you should know. The salmonella outbreak is linked to 79 hospitalizations,