Croatia Recalls Class A Table Eggs After Salmonella Enteritidis Found at Producing Farm

Croatian inspectorate pulls class A eggs after salmonella detection

Croatia's State Inspectorate (Drzavni inspektorat) announced on Monday the withdrawal of class A table eggs from the domestic market after the bacterium Salmonella Enteritidis was detected at the producing farm, according to medjimurski.hr. The eggs are being recalled by Proizvodno-trgovinski obrt Dami, owned by Damjan Dujmenovic, and OPG Zeljko Mijic, both based in Deanovec near Ivanic-Grad.

The inspectorate said the two businesses are withdrawing the product for precautionary reasons. Both are also the entities that place the eggs on the market, meaning production, packing and distribution sit with the same operators rather than with a separate trading company. The country of origin of the product is Croatia.

One farm code, one best-before date

The scope of the recall is defined narrowly. It covers class A table eggs of all lot numbers carrying the best-before date of 8 October 2026. The bacterium was confirmed at the farm holding registration number 3HR0034, and the eggs were graded and packed at the centre approved under code HR 2799 EU.

The identifiers published by the inspectorate are:

• Product: class A table eggs, all lot numbers
• Best-before date: 8 October 2026
• Farm registration number: 3HR0034
• Packing centre: HR 2799 EU

That level of detail matters for the trade. Under EU marketing rules every class A egg carries a stamped producer code and every pack carries the approval number of the packing centre, which allows a withdrawal to be tied to a single production site and a single grading line rather than applied across an entire product category. Eggs that do not meet class A requirements are downgraded to class B and channelled to the food processing industry instead of retail shelves.

Salmonella Enteritidis versus Typhimurium

medjimurski.hr reported that Salmonella Enteritidis is non-typhoidal and that the consequences of infection are mostly mild, primarily gastroenteritis. Symptoms can include diarrhoea, high fever or signs of focal infection.

The outlet contrasted this with Salmonella Typhimurium, which it described as considerably more dangerous and capable of causing a prolonged and often fatal bacteraemic syndrome lasting more than a week, accompanied by fever, headache, malaise and shivering. Salmonella Enteritidis is the serotype most closely associated with laying flocks and shell eggs, which is why detection at farm level, rather than at retail, tends to end with product being pulled back through the chain.

Consequences for Croatia's egg supply chain

The notice as reported did not specify the number of eggs affected, the retail chains that stocked them, the size of the laying flock at the holding, or whether any illnesses have been linked to the product. It also did not state how long the site will be out of the market or what corrective measures have been ordered.

Both operators are small-scale businesses: Dami is a registered craft trade business and OPG is the Croatian legal form for a family agricultural holding. Neither structure typically operates a second production site that could absorb the interrupted volume, so the commercial effect is concentrated on the two producers and on the retailers holding stock with the flagged best-before date. For the wider Croatian market, the removal of output from a single holding is a food-safety event first and a supply question second, with the scale of any shortfall dependent on volumes the inspectorate has not disclosed.