On July 22, 2026, Midwest Poultry Services recalled about 19 million eggs sold as Kroger, Simple Truth, Brookshire’s, Country Morning, and Sunups. Ninety-eight people across 17 states had become ill with Salmonella enteritidis. Twenty six of them had been hospitalized. Of 44 people interviewed, 40 reported eating eggs. Samples from the company’s Texas farms matched the outbreak strain by whole-genome sequencing. Additional sources have not been rule out.
The outbreak strains appear to be resistant to ciprofloxacin and nalidixic acid. Most Salmonella infections don’t need antibiotics at all, but for those that do, the usual first-line option may not work.
On August 5, 2026, both the CDC and FDA published food safety alerts about a second Salmonella outbreak associated with jalapeño peppers served at Chipotle and Qdoba restaurants nationwide. By August 20, at least 431 people in 32 states had become ill and 57 had been hospitalized. Of the 224 people interviewed, 91% reported eating at Chipotle or Qdoba restaurants between June 14 and July 16, 2026. The CDC has identified 28 illness clusters at restaurants in eight states. Minnesota public health identified Salmonella javiana.
The contaminated jalapeño peppers were grown in Sinaloa, Mexico and distributed to restaurants by Coast Citrus Distributors. Chipotle and Qdoba both pulled the supplier’s jalapeños. Since then, the recall has expanded to include prepared foods from Taylor Farms, Ready Meals, Meal Simple, Higher Harvest, Deli Kitchen, and Whole Foods. NatureBest Precut and Produce has voluntarily recalled NatureBest and HEB products containing the tainted jalapeños, including soup mix, pico de gallo, stuffed mushrooms, and diced peppers.
On July 22, 2026, FDA recalled about 19 million eggs due to Salmonella contamination. The eggs were produced and distributed from farms in Texas between June 6 and July 3, 2026. The eggs were sold by grocery stores in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. At the time of the recall, 98 people had been infected and 26 had been hospitalized.
On August 21, 2026, the FDA and CDC announced they were investigating an outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli and Salmonella linked to alfalfa sprouts. Fifty-five people in 15 states became ill from May 27 through August 21. To date, 55 people have been sickened.The alfalfa sprouts were distributed by Minnesota-based Everything Sprouts. They were sold under the Everything Sprouts and Calco brands.
On August 28, Everything Sprouts expanded its recall of Robust Radish Sprout Mix because it could have been cross-contaminated with Shiga-toxin producing E. Coli or Salmonella from the company’s recalled alfalfa sprouts.
On August 28, FDA also announced that Panorama Produce was recalling 302 boxes of size nine mangoes because they may have been contaminated with Salmonella. The fruit had been sold in Walmart stores in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania from August 10 to 21. No illnesses had been reported from consumption of these mangoes.
Chipotle has been involved in a previous Salmonella outbreak. In 2015, Salmonella newport sickened 64 people across 22 Minnesota locations. The contaminated food source was found to be tomatoes. Afterwards, the company rebuilt its entire food safety program. That rebuild allowed Chipotle to identify jalapeños as the source of the current outbreak in a few days.
In otherwise healthy people, both E. coli and Salmonella can cause fever, diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea and vomiting. The elderly, infants, and those with impaired immune systems may develop a more serious illness, requiring hospitalization. In these patients, the infection may spread from the intestines to the blood stream; and then to other body sites and can cause death unless the person is treated promptly with antibiotics.
References
Gounder C, Congress defunded the rule that finds the contaminated food, celinegounder.com, August 5, 2026
Soucheray S, CDC and FDA: Salmonella outbreak linked to jalapeños expands to 27 states, CIDRAP, August 6, 2026
CDC, Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Jalapeños, cdc.gov, August 5, 2026
US FDA Recall Alert, Outbreak Investigation of Shiga Toxin-producing E. coli & Salmonella: Sprouts (August 2026), issued August 21, 2026
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