Ukrop’s Homestyle Foods, a Richmond, Va., establishment, is recalling approximately 22,880 pounds of baked spaghetti and chicken cobbler products that may be contaminated with foreign material, specifically metal slivers, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

The baked spaghetti and chicken cobbler items were produced from July 1, 2026

Cumulative Cyclospora cases reported in 2026, against the only recall issued. The shaded band is the seventeen days of Taylor Farms de Mexico product covered by the July 17 recall. The bars beneath show the only illness-onset ranges CDC and FDA have published.

As of my fourth cup of coffee this morning, Fifty state health departments still

North Carolina announced on July 28 that it has 718 cyclosporiasis cases and 24 hospitalizations since May 1, and launched a public dashboard that updates every Tuesday. Start with the credit, because it is earned: most states in this outbreak have published nothing like this, and a few have published nothing at all.

Now the

The Alabama Department of Public Health put out a news release on July 20 that, as far as I can tell, almost nobody outside Alabama read. It deserved better. Twenty-eight reported cases of cyclosporiasis as of that date, 22 of them in the Northern District, two hospitalizations, no deaths, four cases tied to international travel.

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is alerting Coloradans to a significant increase in Salmonella cases and asking people to be aware of the symptoms.

As of July 28, more than 250 Salmonella cases have been reported in Colorado since July 1. Over the past five years, Colorado has averaged 125 cases during

Publix is recalling all lots of GreenWise Organic Whole Blueberries and GreenWise Organic Whole Mixed Berries because the fruit may be contaminated with E. coli O145:H28. The recall covers both the 10-ounce and 48-ounce bags — UPC 41415-06453 and 41415-12053 for the blueberries, 41415-06753 and 41415-12153 for the mixed berries — sold at Publix stores

This morning this table said 18,687. Six hours later it says 19,330, and almost none of that is the parasite moving faster. Two states posted new numbers this afternoon, and I found a third I had been carrying wrong for eleven days. That is the honest cost of counting an outbreak one state at

CDC’s outbreak page counts 1,947 people in nine states. Those same nine states are reporting more than fifteen thousand. Every one of these families is in the larger number.

BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, Wash., July 30, 2026 — Marler Clark, The Food Safety Law Firm, has filed four federal lawsuits in Ohio and Michigan on behalf

USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service issued a public health alert this morning for 8-ounce packages of “CURRY CHICKEN SALAD” made by Mary’s Harvest Fresh Foods, Inc. of Portland, Oregon, because the product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The salad was produced on July 22 and shipped to retail stores in Oregon and

CDC published its weekly surveillance update on Tuesday, July 28, and it finally answered the two questions this map has been unable to answer for a week. How many states, and how many hospitalizations. The answers are 45 states and 423 hospitalizations. The agency updates that page once a week, so those figures

The County is investigating an outbreak of Salmonella linked to Ramona Family Naturals Market. The County has recorded 13 confirmed and probable cases since June 21, 2026. 

Those who became ill range in age from 27 to 60, and four people were hospitalized. Investigators believe the outbreak is connected to mayonnaise made with raw, unpasteurized