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 jalapeño peppers, and the only company she has sued is the San Diego importer that brought the peppers
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
NatureBest Precut & Produce LLC, a processor with plants in Missouri City and Houston, Texas, has recalled eighteen refrigerated products made with jalapeño 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
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
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
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
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
On Tuesday evening Albertsons Companies recalled fifty-nine store-made items — tortas, breakfast pizzas, catering trays, guacamole sold by the pound — from Amigos, Albertsons Market, Market Street and United stores in New Mexico and Texas. The trigger was a recall by a company called Ron’s Home Style Foods, whose pico de gallo was made with
Taylor Fresh Foods has recalled twenty refrigerated grocery products made with fresh jalapeños that Coast Citrus Distributors imported from a grower in Sinaloa, Mexico, and then recalled for possible Salmonellacontamination. The company announcement is dated August 9, 2026, out of Salinas, California. The products went to retail distribution centers in twenty-six states — Alabama
Whole Foods Market has recalled forty-three products out of its own Produce and Prepared Foods departments — guacamole in eight varieties and four sizes, ten salsas, pico de gallo, a dip trio, and the condiment cups sold alongside its cooked Caribbean mango pineapple turkey burgers — because all of them were made with jalapeños the
Lidl US Trading is recalling one lot of Vitasia Chinese Style Asian Style Wok Spice Mix because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The company announced the recall on August 11, 2026, and FDA posted it the next day.
The recall covers the 1.58 oz (45g) size, UPC 4335619355491, Lot #