1.7M Eggs Recalled After Salmonella Sickens Dozens

June 7, 2025 Food Supply, Trump Administration

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are investigating a multistate Salmonella outbreak linked to at least 1.7 million eggs, according to a news release issued on Saturday.

The brown cage-free and brown certified organic eggs were distributed by the August Egg Company from Feb. 3 through May 15 to retailers in nine states — California, Nevada, Washington, Arizona, Nebraska, New Mexico, Illinois, Indiana and Wyoming, per the FDA.

So far, the outbreak has sickened 79 people in New Jersey, Kentucky, Nebraska, Nevada, Arizona, Washington state and California, the CDC said. At least 21 people have been hospitalized, and no deaths have been reported.

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Officials say 79 people, across seven states, including Illinois, have gotten sick with salmonella infections linked to organic and cage-free brown eggs recalled by August Egg Company. https://t.co/SObwd50gBr pic.twitter.com/lAdjzXMUde

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