FDA Confirms One Dead After Massive Egg Recall
After the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recalled over 1.7 million "brown cage-free eggs and brown certified organic eggs" throughout the country, the CDC has reported one death in California. The recall occurred in June 2025 due to the risk of Salmonella infection.
Per the FDA, the illness occurs within 12 to 72 hours after eating contaminated food, with symptoms lasting between four and seven days. Children, elderly, and the immunocompromised carry the biggest risk of severe reactions. Symptoms include fever, diarrhea, and stomach cramps.
The outbreak spanned ten states and 134 people were confirmed to have been infected, resulting in 38 hospitalizations. The CDC declared that the outbreak has ended. At the time Men's Journal originally reported on the recall, 21 people had been hospitalized with no confirmed deaths. The FDA updated the initial recall statement on July 10.
At this point, all recalled eggs from August Egg Company have passed their expiration date and should not be on shelves. The company noted that this was a "voluntary recall" because Salmonella enteritidis "poses a health risk."
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"It is important to know that when our processing plant identified this concern, we immediately began diverting all eggs from the plant to an egg-breaking facility, which pasteurizes the eggs and kills any pathogens," August Egg Company said in a statement on June 6. "August Egg Company’s internal food safety team also is conducting its own stringent review to identify what measures can be established to prevent this situation from recurring."
The recall had spread to the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, New Jersey, Nevada, Utah, and Washington.
There have been a slew of food recalls lately, as the FDA recently pulled chocolate products, water bottles sold at Walmart, and more than 367,000 pounds of Oscar Mayer turkey bacon off of shelves.
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