Twelve people infected with E. coli O145:H28 - eleven in Florida, one in Georgia, four hospitalized, no deaths - from frozen GreenWise organic blueberries and mixed berries sold at Publix and packed by Frutas y Hortalizas del Sur S.A. of San Carlos, Chile. Illnesses began between May 11 and June 5. As of today, August 20, 2026, the CDC count is unchanged from July 6, the investigation is still…
Forty-one people are sick in Minnesota and Wisconsin, two have been hospitalized, and health officials say the count will rise. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., August 20, 2026 - Marler Clark, The Food Safety Law Firm, is investigating a multistate outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) and Salmonella infections that the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) and Minnesota Department of Agriculture…
On Saturday this chart stood at 30,523. Today it stands at 31,521. Eight states have posted new numbers since then, CDC published a full week of federal data on Tuesday, and one row of my own chart turned out to be short by more than a hundred cases. CDC's surveillance page updated Tuesday with data through August 17. It now counts 15,716 laboratory-confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis acquired in…
Dairyland Produce, LLC, doing business as Hardie's Fresh Foods of Houston and Dallas, is recalling PEPPER JALAPENO 5# because the peppers have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella . The company dated its announcement August 12. FDA published it August 17. The peppers went to two Costco warehouses in Texas: Store #1487 at 12717 Network Drive in Stafford, and Store #0655 at 8282 Park…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - An Illinois woman who was hospitalized for three days after eating at a Chipotle Mexican Grill in Springfield has filed the first lawsuit arising out of the nationwide Salmonella Javiana outbreak linked to fresh jalape o peppers, and the only company she has sued is the San Diego importer that brought the peppers into the country. Kayela Nance, of Ashland in Cass County, filed…
Patrick Bogard, 68, recognized the outbreak in the news and asked his own doctor for the test that found the parasite. He lost eleven pounds in a week and was taken to the emergency room after his leg gave out beneath him. LOUISVILLE, Ky., August 15, 2026 - Patrick L. Bogard is sixty-eight years old and lives in Jefferson County. He ate at the Taco Bell on Outer Loop four times in June and July.…
NatureBest Precut & Produce LLC, a processor with plants in Missouri City and Houston, Texas, has recalled eighteen refrigerated products made with jalape o peppers it bought from Coast Citrus Distributors - the San Diego importer at the center of a Salmonella Javiana outbreak that has now sickened 345 people in twenty-seven states. The products went to retail customers in Texas and Louisiana…
The Hampton Grocers, Inc. of Montauk, New York is recalling its 8-ounce packages of Lacnola Lactation Granola because the product may be contaminated with Salmonella . FDA published the company announcement on August 14, 2026. The granola comes in a pink 8-ounce stand-up pouch, UPC 850035324554. Two lots are covered: HGLC-102125, with an expiration date of 21OCT2026, and HGLC-021326, with an…
A week ago, the three levels of government running this outbreak published three different numbers, and every one of them was six weeks behind the illnesses. That has not changed and it is not going to. What changed this week is the direction of travel. The federal counts finally started closing ground on the state counts, on one measure they passed them, and CDC moved a date that I have not seen…
The fifty state health departments now report 29,912 cases of cyclosporiasis this season, up 114 from yesterday. Ohio confirmed 4,949 and Florida moved to 407. The states are the smaller story tonight. The federal outbreak grew by half in a single update. FDA updated on August 13 for the first time since August 5, and the outbreak it describes is now 9,481 illnesses and 398 hospitalizations across…
Kettle Cuisine LLC of Savage, Maryland is recalling its Marketside Tomato Bisque Soup Kit, 14 ounces (397 g), because the product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes . The kits were sold exclusively at Walmart. The company announced the recall on August 12 and FDA posted the announcement on August 13. The recalled kits carry UPC 194346474004 and a use-by date of 8/22/26, and come in a…
