The recall, initiated on July 22, 2026, was designated as Class I by the FDA due to its high risk, involving approximately 1,589,577 dozen eggs linked to a multistate salmonella outbreak that resulted in 98 illnesses and 26 hospitalizations across 17 states.
Symptoms of salmonella infection include “fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain,” according to the FDA.
“Illness usually occurs 12 to 72 hours after eating food contaminated with Salmonella, and symptoms last about four to seven days,” the website said, noting that young children, the elderly, and people with weak immune systems are at higher risk for severe reactions.
Important Information Regarding the Salmonella Egg Recall and Safety Precautions
The FDA updated its risk classification three weeks after Midwest Poultry Services recalled about 19 million eggs, as announced on their website on July 22.
The eggs were produced in Texas from June 6 to July 3 and have sell-by dates from July 20 to August 17, 2026. They were sent to Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Samples collected at the farms tested positive for salmonella, and genetic sequencing found that some matched the strain responsible for the outbreak, according to the FDA.
On July 24, the FDA stated that Midwest Poultry Services was not responsible for all the illnesses in the Salmonella outbreak, but it did not identify any other sources.
Further investigation is being done to find out if there are other causes of illness, it said.
Consumers who bought possibly contaminated products are advised by the FDA to throw them away or return them for a refund. The recalled eggs were sold under the names Country Morning, Cal-Maine Sunups, Brookshire’s, Simple Truth, and Kroger. You can identify the potentially contaminated products by the codes P-1950 or 0840962 and a Julian date between 157 and 184.
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