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FDA upgrades egg recall to Class I, 1.6M dozen eggs implicated

foodAug 16, 202617482

The FDA on 12 August reclassified a recall of nearly 1.6 million dozen brown and white cage-free eggs produced in Texas to Class I, the agency’s highest risk level, citing a reasonable probability of serious adverse health consequences or death. Health officials have linked the recalled eggs to a multistate Salmonella outbreak that sickened at least 98 people across 17 states and hospitalized 26, with illnesses occurring from 21 November 2025 to 30 June 2026; no deaths have been reported. Midwest Poultry Services identified the contamination through proactive environmental monitoring and root cause analysis and had stopped distributing fresh eggs from its Texas farms as of 22 July. The recalled eggs carry best-by and sell-by dates through 17 August and were shipped across Texas and the US south and south-west, including Kroger stores in Texas and Louisiana and Brookshire Grocery locations in five states. The company and the FDA list specific affected products in the enforcement report and advised consumers not to eat the eggs and to return them for a refund. The reclassification comes amid other large foodborne outbreaks the agencies are investigating, including a widespread cyclosporiasis outbreak linked to lettuce.

Mark Chadbourn
@chadbourn.bsky.social

America’s latest food crisis. In the last few weeks we’ve had lettuce, beef and now eggs. 17 states affected. Highest risk level.

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