A California company is recalling 1.7 million cartons of brown eggs – sold at stores including Walmart in nine states – because the eggs may be contaminated with salmonella bacteria.

August Egg Company of Hilmar, Calif., is recalling 1,700,000 dozen brown cage-free and brown certified organic eggs for potential salmonella risk. The eggs were distributed over the last four months, some with sell by dates as late as June 19, according to the recall notice from the Food and Drug Administration .

The eggs are linked to an ongoing Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak in seven states, in which 79 people have been sickened and at least 21 hospitalized, but no deaths have been reported, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .

Most of the persons sickened (63) live in C

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