A salmonella outbreak linked to eggs that were sold to restaurants and retailers in Illinois and eight other states has left 79 people sickened, leading to 21 hospitalizations, according to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention.
The recall was announced Friday by August Egg Company, and includes all varieties of eggs distributed by the company, including organic, cage-free brown and omega-3.
The eggs were sold in the following states, according to the CDC:
Arizona
California
Illinois
Indiana
Nebraska
New Mexico
Nevada
Washington
Wyoming
Illnesses have impacted people from across seven states, with all of them linked to the same strain of Salmonella.
The recalled eggs will have printed on the carton or package a plant code number P-6562 or CA5330 with the Julian Dates b