Author: McKenna Madison Coveny

Updated September 9, 2026Federal and state health officials are investigating a multistate outbreak of *Salmonella* infections linked to broccoli sprouts grown by Evergreen Fresh Sprouts, LLC of Moyie Springs, Idaho. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration published its outbreak advisory on September 9, 2026, [warning consumers, restaurants, and retailers not to eat, serve, or sell the recalled product](https://www.fda.gov/food/outbreaks-foodborne-illness/outbreak-investigation-salmonella-sprouts-september-2026). The federal notice came roughly a week after Washington and Montana health departments first alerted the public.The Numbers as of September 9According to the FDA, [22 people infected with the outbreak strain have been reported across four states](https://www.fda.gov/food/outbreaks-foodborne-illness/outbreak-investigation-salmonella-sprouts-september-2026): Idaho, Montana, Utah, and…

Raw sprouts have long occupied an uncomfortable place in food safety. Grown in warm, humid conditions that are ideal for bacteria, they have been tied to dozens of outbreaks over the past three decades. September 2026 has brought that history back into focus, with public health officials in the Pacific Northwest announcing a new Salmonella outbreak tied to broccoli sprouts even as the FDA continues to investigate a larger, multi-pathogen outbreak linked to alfalfa sprouts grown in Minnesota. Together, the two investigations paint a picture of a fragile supply chain, uneven cooperation from the companies involved, and a regulatory system…

August 24, 2026 – One Law Firm, Ron Simon & Associates, Now Represents Over 1200 Victims The multistate Cyclospora outbreak tied to iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms de Mexico has become one of the largest foodborne illness events in U.S. history. As of the CDC’s most recent update on August 20, the agency has confirmed 10,930 illnesses across 17 states, with at least 454 hospitalizations and two deaths in Michigan. The recalled lettuce is no longer on the market, but new cases are still being added as state health departments work through interviews and laboratory confirmations. What the CDC Is…

Scope of the case definition changed New Case counts (Last count was 1,947 cases / 9 states on July 24) Distribution details Investigation Worth noting for context: the one positive border sample reported July 18 was later re-reviewed and determined to be a false positive, so the case still rests on epidemiological and traceback data rather than product test results.

Most foodborne illness is miserable and survivable. A few days of cramping and dehydration, a week of feeling hollowed out, and then it passes. That is the version most people have experienced, and it is the version that shapes public assumptions about food poisoning.But some pathogens kill. Listeria monocytogenes is fatal in roughly one of every five people it infects, and it is especially dangerous to pregnant women, newborns, adults over 65, and anyone whose immune system is compromised. E. coli O157:H7 can trigger hemolytic uremic syndrome, a form of acute kidney failure that takes the lives of young children.…

August 3, 2026 – The ongoing nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak has reached another tragic milestone, with Michigan health officials confirming two deaths associated with the outbreak. The parasitic illness has now resulted, as of July 30, 2026, in 193 hospitalizations in Michigan alone and has sickened thousands of people across the country, making it one of the largest cyclosporiasis outbreaks ever documented in the United States. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) reported that both individuals who died had significant underlying medical conditions that were exacerbated by severe dehydration and complications from cyclosporiasis. While deaths from Cyclospora cayetanensis…

July 2026 A Salmonella outbreak linked to the deli at Ramona Family Naturals Market in Ramona, California, has sickened at least 13 people, with four individuals requiring hospitalization, according to San Diego County public health officials. Health investigators believe the illnesses are connected to food prepared and sold at the market’s deli, and the investigation remains ongoing. Ron Simon & Associates, one of the nation’s leading food poisoning law firms, is actively investigating this outbreak and is accepting cases from individuals who became ill after eating food from the Ramona Family Naturals Market deli. What We Know About the Outbreak…

The adhesion problem, the detection problem, and the prevention toolkit Most foodborne pathogen control assumes a wash step will catch what the field misses. Cyclospora cayetanensis breaks that assumption. It resists the sanitizers the industry relies on, it lodges in leaf structures that water cannot reach, and it is hard to detect even when you know it is there. The practical consequence is that cyclospora is close to a pure prevention problem: if it reaches the leaf, the supply chain has essentially no reliable way to remove it. Part One: How the parasite gets onto lettuce and why it stays…

Federal and state investigators are tracking a multistate outbreak of Cyclospora infections tied to shredded iceberg lettuce grown in central Mexico and processed by Taylor Farms de Mexico of Guanajuato (FDA, “Investigation of 9-State Outbreak of Cyclospora Illnesses,” updated July 24, 2026). The confirmed federal outbreak subset stands at 1,947 people across nine states — Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia — with at least 98 hospitalizations and no deaths (FDA, July 24, 2026). Illness onsets in that subset run from June 22 to July 20, 2026 (FDA, July 24, 2026). That figure badly understates…

Federal investigators have linked a multistate outbreak of *Salmonella* Enteritidis to shell eggs produced on two Texas farms, and the illness map is overwhelmingly a Texas map. Of the 98 confirmed cases across 17 states, 73 are Texans — roughly three out of every four.**Reported July 27, 2026. Case counts reflect CDC and FDA data current as of July 24, 2026.The Number of VictimsThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration, working with state and local health departments, are investigating an outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis linked in part to shell eggs recalled by Midwest Poultry…