The FDA has elevated a recall of nearly 1.6 million dozen cage-free eggs from Midwest Poultry Services in Texas to its highest-risk Class I designation, citing a salmonella outbreak that has sickened 98 people across 17 states and hospitalized 26 since November.
The company found the contamination through its own monitoring and stopped shipping fresh eggs from the Texas farms in late July, but recalled cartons with best-by dates through August 17 remain on shelves at Kroger, Brookshire Grocery, and smaller retailers across the South and Southwest.
This lands amid a broader run of American food-safety trouble, including a cyclosporiasis outbreak tied to lettuce that has topped 13,000 cases and a separate salmonella recall of jalapeño products sold in 26 states.
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