Bi-Lo Says Its Eggs Are Safe
In an e-mailed news release, a spokesperson for Bi-Lo grocery stores says its eggs are safe for consumers.
They say, "The company remains unaffected by the nationwide Food and Drug Administration recall. Both the FDA and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have linked the outbreak of salmonella specifically to two Iowa egg producers that have never sold eggs to BI-LO."
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration has identified specific suppliers of the recalled eggs.
Bi-Lo says it does not receive products from those suppliers.
They say they work with local vendor L&R Farms in Georgia to supply all Southern Home® and Clear Value® eggs to shoppers, and that L&R Farms has a full-time U.S. Department of Agriculture inspector on-site that works to ensure all the eggs are in compliance with government regulations.
In addition to the store brand eggs available at Bi-Lo, the company also supplies eggs from Eggland’s Best® of Jefferson, Pa.; Land O Lakes® of Fontana, Calif.; Born Free® of Waterton, Pa.; and Davidson’s Pasteurized Eggs® of Lansing, Ill., all of whom have confirmed that their products are safe to eat and have never purchased eggs from the suppliers that are part of the national recall.
