All summer I kept a running count of the 2026 Cyclospora season from CDC, FDA and the fifty state health departments. A month on from my last straight count, three questions arrive most often: where does it stand, which illnesses are tied to Taylor Farms, and are people still getting sick. Here are the answers
Wilson County, Tennessee emergency officials are investigating a suspected foodborne illness outbreak at the Walmart Distribution Center in Lebanon, about 30 miles east of Nashville. Workers began falling ill late Thursday night, October 8, and into Friday morning, October 9, with nausea and vomiting, according to WKRN.
Early reports, citing the Wilson County Emergency
Deschutes County Health Services, working with the Oregon Health Authority and other partners, has issued a Health Alert Network advisory telling health care providers in Deschutes County and the surrounding Central Oregon communities that it is investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis infections.
The advisory does not name a source, a case count, or
Two more companies have recalled broccoli seeds traced to bulk seed lot #W4105, the lot at the center of the multistate Salmonella Bovismorbificans outbreak linked to broccoli sprouts and microgreens. Gardeners Basics of Spanish Fork, Utah, and Eden Brothers LLC of Arden, North Carolina, both announced recalls this week after being notified by their seed
Krasnyi Oktyabr Inc. of Brooklyn, New York, is voluntarily recalling Starfish Seafood Trio – Cold Smoked Salmon, Halibut, and Trout, 8 oz (227 g) packages, because the product has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people
Effective October 9, out of an abundance of caution and in conformance with recommendations from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) closed the waters of the Little Wicomico River in Northumberland County to the harvesting of oysters and clams due to a link to a Salmonella outbreak in
As of October 8, 2026, FDA’s outbreak advisory on the Salmonella Bovismorbificans outbreak linked to Evergreen Fresh Sprouts broccoli sprouts says a seed sample the agency collected from the seed supplier tested positive and matched the outbreak strain by whole genome sequencing. The October 7 update is the first time a federal page has said
As of October 6, 2026, EAK Distribution LLC of Casper, Wyoming has recalled one lot of HOME GROWN Green Sprouting Calabrese Broccoli Seeds, 8-ounce heirloom packets sold on Amazon.com to home sprouters nationwide between August 20 and September 18, 2026, because FDA found Salmonella in a sample of the seed. The notice, posted by
As of October 5, 2026, CDC’s page on the E. coli O145:H28 outbreak linked to frozen organic blueberries still counts 17 people sick in Florida and Georgia, 6 hospitalized and no deaths, and still says the investigation closed on September 21. What changed is one new line: “Additional recalls occurred after this investigation was closed.”
As of October 5, 2026, the Monongalia County Health Department in Morgantown, West Virginia is investigating 16 laboratory-confirmed Salmonella infections reported over roughly two weeks, with “a few” hospitalizations for overnight rehydration and no deaths, and no source or common link identified. Health Officer Dr. Brian Huggins told WV MetroNews on October 1 that the
EAK Distribution LLC of Casper, Wyoming, is recalling HOME GROWN Green Sprouting Calabrese Broccoli Seeds, 8 oz, Heirloom, because the seed may be contaminated with Salmonella. The seed was sold on Amazon.com to customers nationwide between August 20 and September 18, 2026. It comes in a cream-colored pouch with UPC 850056627443, and the production