CDC updated its investigation of the Salmonella Telelkebir outbreak linked to raw oysters from Little Wicomico Oyster Company (VA-1421-SP) this morning, October 30, 2026. The count is now 28 sick in 13 states, one new case and one new state since the October 19 notice. Five people have been hospitalized (23 percent of the 22
On October 19, CDC announced a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Telelkebir infections linked to raw oysters harvested by the Little Wicomico Oyster Company (VA-1421-SP) from the Little Wicomico River on Virginia’s Northern Neck: 27 sick, five hospitalized, no deaths, 12 states. FDA issued its own safety alert the same day. The company had already recalled
Where the recalled oysters went and where the 27 sick people live. Sources: VDH recall alert (Oct. 9), FDA safety alert and CDC notice (Oct. 19, 2026). Virginia’s 53 in 18 states is not broken out by state and cannot be mapped.
As of October 20, 2026, the Virginia Department of Health counts 53 people
CDC announced today that a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Telelkebir infections has been traced to raw oysters harvested by the Little Wicomico Oyster Company of Heathsville, Virginia, from the Little Wicomico River, a small tributary of the Potomac on Virginia’s Northern Neck. As of October 19, 27 people in 12 statesare confirmed sick, five
Deschutes County Health Services has told doctors in Bend and the rest of Central Oregon that it is investigating, with the Oregon Health Authority, a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis infections. The Health Alert Network advisory, which Food Safety News reported on October 12, 2026, names no source, no case count, no other state
Marler Clark has been retained by one of the Washington residents sickened in the Salmonella Bovismorbificans outbreak linked to broccoli sprouts grown by Evergreen Fresh Sprouts, LLC of Moyie Springs, Idaho. A disclosure, as always: the firm sued Evergreen on behalf of four people in its 2014 E. coli outbreak, and I have represented people
The CDC announced today that the multistate Salmonella Javiana outbreak linked to jalapeño peppers from Sinaloa, Mexico, distributed by Coast Citrus Distributors, is over, and the FDA has closed its investigation. The final count is 488 sick people in 34 states. Sixty-five people were hospitalized – 15% of the 434 with information available. No deaths
In October I intend to file a citizen petition asking the Food and Drug Administration to require a warning statement on the label of raw and lightly cooked sprouts — the same kind of statement FDA has required on unpasteurized juice since 1998.
Before it goes to the docket I want it read by the
CDC updated its outbreak page today. Thirty-two people in six states are infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Bovismorbificans linked to broccoli sprouts grown by Evergreen Fresh Sprouts, LLC of Moyie Springs, Idaho: twenty-four in Washington, four in Montana, and one each in Idaho, Minnesota, Oregon and Utah. Three have been hospitalized. No
Berlin Seeds of Millersburg, Ohio, recalled 950 pounds of alfalfa sprouting seed on Wednesday, and FDA posted the notice the same day. The seed is from lot SAL2-24JB, the lot International Sprout Holdings of Cookeville, Tennessee, began recalling on August 23 after alfalfa sprouts grown from it by Everything Sprouts of Minneapolis were tied to
