Yesterday I wrote that CDC’s Thursday numbers had not landed and said to watch the investigation page that evening. They did not land. Something else did. CDC’s outbreak investigation page now carries a September 3 date stamp, and the Key points include a line that was not there a week ago: CDC is reducing the
The federal Cyclospora outbreak linked to Taylor Farms de Mexico iceberg lettuce still stands at 11,458 laboratory-confirmed illnesses, at least 495 hospitalizations and two deaths across twenty states, on CDC and FDA pages last updated August 27, 2026. CDC’s national case-data page still reads September 1: 18,445 laboratory-confirmed illnesses acquired in this country since May
The CDC closed its investigation of the multistate Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak linked to shell eggs on September 3, 2026. The final count is 134 people sick in 18 states, 34 of them hospitalized, and no deaths. Illnesses began on dates ranging from November 21, 2025 to August 12, 2026. Epidemiologic, laboratory, and traceback evidence pointed
Quick answer: One lot of Great Value Organic Triple Berry Blend (10 oz, UPC 7874211226, lot 6040 01-6, best by February 9, 2028) sold at Walmart in 16 states has been recalled for possible E. coli O145 contamination. No illnesses are linked to this product; the recall expands a July 2026 frozen blueberry recall from
The federal Cyclospora outbreak linked to Taylor Farms de Mexico iceberg lettuce stands today where it stood a week ago: 11,458 laboratory-confirmed illnesses, at least 495 hospitalizations and two deaths across twenty states, with onsets from June 14 through August 15, on CDC and FDA pages last updated August 27, 2026. What moved this
The Bear River Health Department announced on September 1, 2026 that it is investigating a Salmonellaoutbreak after identifying 21 confirmed cases in Cache and Box Elder Counties in northern Utah. The department says it is actively investigating the source of the illness and taking steps to limit further spread. It has not named a
FDA published two produce recall notices on August 29, 2026. Everything Sprouts, LLC of Minneapolis expanded its August 22 alfalfa sprout recall to add Robust Radish Sprout Mix in 5-ounce cups, barcode 087906000075, lots 223, 226, 230 and 233, distributed to wholesale distributors and grocery stores in Minnesota and Wisconsin between August 13 and August
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, Wash., August 27, 2026 — Two open federal foodborne illness investigations now account for 486 confirmed illnesses across 36 states. FDA and CDC have tied 431 of them to Salmonella Javiana in fresh jalapeños imported from Sinaloa, Mexico by Coast Citrus Distributors, and 55 to a combination of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli and
FDA and CDC updated the multistate Cyclospora outbreak today, August 27, 2026: 11,458 laboratory-confirmed illnesses, at least 495 hospitalizations and two deaths across twenty states, with illness onsets running from June 14 through August 15, all of it tied to processed iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms de Mexico recalled on July 17. Georgia
Everything Sprouts, LLC of Minneapolis recalled alfalfa sprouts sold under the Calco and Everything Sprouts brands on August 22, 2026, after federal and state investigators tied the product to 55 illnesses in 15 states. Four people have been hospitalized and no one has died, according to CDC’s outbreak alert as last updated on August 24
As of Thursday, August 27, 2026, six reported foodborne illness outbreaks are running at the same time in the United States, and between them they account for 11,549 reported illnesses, at least 552 hospitalizations and two deaths. They are Cyclospora in iceberg lettuce, E. coli and Salmonella in alfalfa sprouts, Salmonella in jalapeño peppers, E.