A California company is recalling 1.7 million cartons of brown eggs – sold at stores including Walmart in nine states – because the eggs may be contaminated with salmonella bacteria. August Egg Company of Hilmar,

The US Food and Drug Administration said more than 20 million eggs have been recalled after 21 people were hospitalized with salmonella.

Millions of dozens of eggs have been recalled because they may be contaminated with salmonella. The Food and Drug Administration announced that August Egg Company recalled 1.7 million dozen brown cage-free and brown certified organic eggs, or 20.4 million individual eggs, that were distributed across nine states.