FDA raises Costco egg recall to highest risk level over salmonella fears

Hundreds of thousands of eggs sold at Costcos that were part of a recall issued last month have a "reasonable" likelihood that consumption may cause serious health problems or death, due to being contaminated with salmonella, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

On Friday, the FDA slapped the Handsome Brook Farms eggs sold at Costco stores in the Southeastern United States with the highest risk level of Category 1.

Category 1, the FDA notes on its site, means there...