Overview
- Midwest Poultry Services voluntarily recalled about 1.6 million dozen eggs on July 22 after stopping distribution from two Texas farms that produced the eggs between June 6 and July 3.
- The FDA reclassified the recall as Class I on Aug. 12 based on epidemiology, lab testing and traceback that link some eggs to a Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak.
- Health agencies say roughly 98 people in 17 states have been infected with the outbreak strain, including 26 hospitalizations, and they stress the recalled eggs do not explain all reported illnesses so the probe remains active.
- Consumers should check cartons for plant codes P-1950 or 0840962 and Julian pack dates 157–184 and should not eat affected eggs; the FDA advises returning them or discarding them and washing surfaces that touched the eggs.
- Laboratory testing tied some farm samples to the outbreak and flagged resistance to certain antibiotics used for severe infections, which may complicate treatment for vulnerable patients and is a focus of ongoing public-health follow up.