Midwest Poultry Services has recalled nearly 1.6 million dozen cartons of white and brown eggs across six states after health officials warned they may be contaminated with Salmonella Enteritidis, a bacterium that can spread through animal feces, according to the FDA.
The recalled eggs were shipped to Kroger stores in Texas and Louisiana and to Brookshire Grocery locations in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico and Mississippi, the FDA said.
The eggs were produced and distributed from Texas farms between June 6 and July 3, 2026, with sell-by or best-by dates ranging from July 20 to August 17. As of the recall announcement, no illnesses had been linked to the affected eggs, though the FDA noted contaminated products can look completely normal and still cause illness if eaten raw or undercooked.
Midwest Poultry Services has temporarily stopped distributing the potentially contaminated eggs from its Texas farms and said no other products were part of the recall. The company said it identified the possible contamination through proactive environmental monitoring practices and root cause analysis.
How Salmonella Spreads and Sickens
Salmonella is most commonly found in poultry, red meat, dairy products, eggs, fish, fruits and vegetables. The bacterium strikes 1.3 million Americans every year, causing more than 26,000 hospitalizations and 400 deaths annually, according to the CDC.
Symptoms include bloody diarrhea, fever and stomach cramps that begin six hours to six days after infection. Some strains can survive stomach acid and travel into the intestines, where they burrow into the lining, causing inflammation and cramps, and can enter the bloodstream and spread to other organs.
People can catch salmonella by eating contaminated food, drinking contaminated fluids, touching the droppings of infected animals, or touching surfaces contaminated with the feces of a sick person. The CDC advises patients to call a doctor if diarrhea or vomiting lasts more than two days, if they notice blood in their urine or feces, develop a high fever, or show signs of dehydration.
Infections are typically treated with fluids to keep patients hydrated, and antibiotics may be prescribed in serious cases. Officials are urging consumers who purchased the recalled eggs not to eat them and to return them to the place of purchase for a full refund.
Follows April Salmonella Saintpaul Outbreak
This recall follows an outbreak of Salmonella Saintpaul that killed one person and hospitalized dozens in April. The antibiotic-resistant strain was linked to backyard poultry flocks and led to 184 cases, 53 hospitalizations and one death across 31 states, with the CDC saying at the time that an unusually high number of people had reported contact with ducks.
Kentucky saw the highest number of cases with 22, followed by 21 in Michigan, 17 in Wisconsin, 15 in Ohio, and ten each in Idaho, Indiana and Maine. The death was reported in a patient from Washington state, which had nine cases.
