U46 issues alert about recalled eggs

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Updated: January 29, 2012 2:37AM

Streamwood High School students were served salad containing recalled hard-cooked eggs during lunch service Thursday, Elgin School District U46 said Friday.

A nationwide precautionary recall of GFS-brand hard-cooked eggs was not issued until after lunch service had ended Thursday, U46 said. It notified parents of Streamwood students Friday that the eggs had been served at the school.

Those eggs could be contaminated Listeria monocytogenes. U46 vendor Michael Foods told the district that the voluntary recall is precautionary and there have been no reported illness. The recall is the result of lab testing that showed the eggs may contain the Listeria.

Only two salads were sold Thursday at Streamwood, and the risk of student illness is very low, according to the district’s message. That message was sent to all parents at the school because U46 is unable to identify which students purchased the salads.

Listeria symptoms include high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. Students who ate a salad with hard-cooked egg Thursday and have any of those symptoms should contact a health care provider, U46 said.