Recalls and Alerts: August 9, 2026

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United States

Food Safety Recall: Taylor Fresh Foods recalls multiple products made wtih Jalapeño peppers (Best if used by dates up to and including August 16, 2026) due to possible Salmonella contamination. The recalled products were sold unbranded and under a variety of brand names, including: Private Selection, Taylor Farms, Trader Joe’s, and Freshness Guaranteed. The products were distributed in 26 states to retailers including: Hannaford, Kroger, Stop and Shop, Target, Trader Joe’s, Walmart, and Whole Foods Market. Please refer to the recall notice for details on the recalled products and where they were sold.

Food Safety Recall: City Foods, Inc. recalls approximately 3,215 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) pastrami and corned beef products due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

Public Health Alert: FSIS issues public health alert for meat and poultry products containing FDA-regulated jalapeños (Use by dates up to and including August 16, 2026) due to possible Salmonella contamination. The recalled products were sold under a variety of brand names, including: Deli Kitchen, H-E-B, Higher Harvest for H-E-B, Marketside, Meal Simple, RaceTrac, Ready Meals, Taylor Farms, and WaWa. The products were sold at Kroger/Dillons, Kroger, H-E-B, Walmart, RaceTrac, Albertsons, Randalls, Tom Thumb, Hannaford, and WaWa. Please refer to the recall notice for details on the recalled products and where they were sold

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Taylor Farms Cyclospora outbreak triples in size

Six more states added to list

August 5, 2026

The Taylor Farms Cyclospora outbreak has grown to include 6,358 lab-confirmed cases according to an update released today by the CDC. The total includes 278 hospitalizations.

Two Michigan residents with underlying conditions have died in the outbreak.

Six new states have been added to the list of affected states, which has now grown to include Arkansas (41), Illinois (164), Indiana (370), Iowa (83), Kansas (165), Kentucky (265), Michigan (3491), Missouri (568), Nebraska (92), New Hampshire (31), North Carolina (2), Ohio (645), Oklahoma (183), Pennsylvania (132), and West Virginia (126).

Oregon, Washington, and Virginia, all of whom reported apparent outbreak-related cases in residents who had traveled to one of the previously identified outbreak states, are not included in the current list of affected states.

The CDC continues to report a timeline for illness onset based on a start date of June 22, 2026, but has expanded the outbreak definition to include exposure to Taco Bell or recalled Taylor Farms de Mexico iceberg lettuce.

The lettuce recalled by Taylor Farms de Mexico was distributed from June 29th thru July 16th.

The CDC has not explained why exposure to earlier shipments of Taylor Farms lettuce was not considered to be a factor in this outbreak, even though cases that developed prior to the start of distribution of the recalled lettuce are part of the outbreak totals. Nor has the CDC ever provided an explanation for the short-lived shift of the outbreak’s start date from June 22nd to May 13th and back again.

Despite the size of the Taylor Farms outbreak, the 6,358 cases represent only 28% of the 22,723 confirmed and probable domestically acquired cases of cyclosporiasis reported across the United States so far this year, according to the CDC’s latest Cyclospora Surveillance update.

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Recalls and Alerts: August 4, 2026

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Outbreak/Illness Investigations

USA (Cyclospora update): Michigan reports 11,508 total cases, including 2 deaths, as of August 4, 2026. New Hampshire reports 32 cases (up from 17 one week ago) linked to the Taylor Farms outbreak. One victim reported eating recalled product outside of New Hampshire. Indiana reports 1,524 total cases since May 1, 2026. Illinois reports 631 domestically acquired Cyclospora illnesses in the state, including 58 hospitalizations, as of August 4, 2026. Kansas reports 461 confirmed and probable cases, with 20 hospitalizations. West Virginia reports 280 total cases, including 20 people hospitalized as of August 4, 2026.

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United States

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Canada

Food Safety Recall: Laiterie de Coaticook Limitée recalls Coaticook brand White Cheddar cheeses (Various package sizes; Various Best before dates) due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

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