Salmonella outbreak traced to recalled eggs; infects 95 people across 14 states, California hardest hit News Air Insight

At least 95 people across more than a dozen states have contracted salmonella poisoning linked to recalled eggs, according to CDC officials’ report on Thursday, August 28. The illnesses have been linked to Country Eggs, LLC of Lucerne Valley, California, which is recalling its Large Brown Cage Free Sunshine Yolks due to potential contamination with Salmonella. The recall affects products distributed in California and Nevada, supplied to both grocery stores and food service distributors, as announced by Country Eggs, LLC’s announcement published on August 27.

According to the press release by the CDC on August 28, the recalled eggs were sold under the following retail brand names and code dates (Sell by: 7/1/25 through 9/18/25, No. CA 7695):

• Nagatoshi Produce
• Misuho
• Nijiya Markets

Additionally, bulk packs labeled Country Eggs Large Brown Sunshine Yolks with the same code dates were distributed for food service.

Salmonella cases by state across the US: Current illness statistics

As of August 27, the CDC reported that 95 people in multiple states have been infected with the same strain of Salmonella. The illnesses began between January and July. So far, 18 people have been hospitalized, and no deaths have been reported.

According to the CDC map released on August 28, California has been the hardest-hit state, with 73 reported cases of Salmonella linked to the recalled eggs. Other affected states include Minnesota with 4 cases, Nevada and Washington with 3 each, New York and North Carolina with 2 each, and Arizona, Hawaii, Iowa, Georgia, Florida, and Pennsylvania reporting 1 case each.

What CDC is saying:

The investigation update by CDC published on August 28 explains, “State and local public health officials are interviewing people about the foods they ate in the week before they got sick. Of the 36 people interviewed, 33 (92 per cent) reported eating eggs. This percentage is significantly higher than the 78 per cent of respondents who reported eating eggs in the FoodNet Population Survey—a survey that helps estimate how often people eat various foods linked to diarrheal illness. This difference suggests that people in this outbreak got sick from eating eggs,”.It added, “State health officials identified illness sub-clusters at four restaurants. An illness sub-cluster is a group of unrelated sick people who all ate at the same location or event, such as a restaurant.”