Dozens sick

By the numbers:

As of August 27, the CDC reported 95 people in several states have been infected with the same salmonella strain. Illnesses began between January and July. So far, 18 people have been hospitalized and no deaths reported.

States with people reported sick include:

• Washington state: 3
• California: 73
• Nevada: 3
• Arizona: 1
• Hawaii: 1
• Nebraska: 1
• Iowa: 1
• Minnesota: 4
• Georgia 1:
• Florida: 1
• North Carolina: 2
• Pennsylvania: 1
• New York: 2

Big picture view:

State health officials have linked illness subclusters to eggs served at four unidentified restaurants, the CDC said.

What they're saying:

"State and local public health officials are interviewing people about the foods they ate in the week before they got sick. Of the 36 people interviewed, 33 (92%) reported eating eggs. This percentage is significantly higher than the 78% of respondents who reported eating eggs in the FoodNet Population Survey—a survey that helps estimate how often people eat various foods linked to diarrheal illness. This difference suggests that people in this outbreak got sick from eating eggs," the CDC explained.

Eggs recalled

The backstory:

On August 27, Country Eggs, LLC of Lucerne Valley, California, recalled its large brown cage-free Sunshine Yolks due to potential salmonella contamination, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

The eggs were distributed in Nevada and California and across various grocery stores and food service distributors.

​They were packed in individual retail cartons: 

• Nagatoshi Produce Code Dates sell by: 7/1/25 through 9/16/25 No. CA 7695
• Misuho Code Dates sell by: 7/1/25 through 9/16/25 No. CA 7695
• Nijiya Markets Code Dates sell by: 7/1/25 through 9/16/25 No. CA 7695

FILE - Country Eggs, LLC of Lucerne Valley, California, is recalling its LARGE BROWN CAGE FREE SUNSHINE YOLKS. (FDA)

 

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FILE - Nijiya Markets Code Dates sell by: 7/1/25 through 9/16/25 No. CA 7695. (FDA) 

For bulk food service, the eggs were packed in containers that read:

• Country Eggs LARGE BROWN SUNSHINE YOLKS Code Dates sell by: 7/1/25 – 9/16/25

Recalled Country Eggs LARGE BROWN SUNSHINE YOLKS Code Dates sell by: 7/1/25 – 9/16/25. (FDA) 

What you can do:

Customers who bought the affected eggs are urged to return them to the place you purchased them for a full refund or to safely dispose of them.

Consumers with questions may contact the company at 1 (800) 722-3447 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday PT or by email at [email protected].

What is salmonella?

Dig deeper:

According to the CDC, salmonella is a group of bacteria that can cause gastrointestinal illness and fever called Salmonellosis.

Most people infected with salmonella experience diarrhea, fever and stomach cramps.

Symptoms usually start six hours to six days after swallowing the bacteria, and most people recover without treatment after four to seven days.

Some people – especially children younger than five, adults 65 and older, and people with weakened immune systems – may experience more severe illnesses that require medical treatment or hospitalization.

Severe symptoms include diarrhea and a fever higher than 102°F, diarrhea for more than three days that is not improving, bloody diarrhea, so much vomiting that you cannot keep liquids down, signs of dehydration such as not peeing much, dry mouth and throat, and feeling dizzy when standing up.