A California egg company is voluntarily recalling 1.7 million dozen brown cage free and brown certified organic eggs in association with an ongoing outbreak investigation of salmonella enteritidis illnesses,

More than 1.7 million eggs were recalled on Monday as dozens of people became ill after consuming eggs that are feared to have been contaminated with salmonella, a potentially deadly bacterium. At least 79 people—many from California,

More than 70 people across seven states have been sickened due to a salmonella outbreak linked to eggs recalled by a California-based egg distributor, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.