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Sprouts tied to outbreak in Minnesota, Wisconsin and possibly other states

Consumers are being urged to not eat Calco or Everything Sprouts brand alfalfa sprouts.

By Coral Beach

/ 20 Aug 2026

Jalapeño Salmonella outbreak grows to 431 sick in 32 states; illnesses ran into August and the grower is still unnamed

CDC lists the investigation status as open and FDA lists it as ongoing. Case counts and recall lists in this report reflect the federal record as of Aug. 20, 2026.

By News Desk

/ 20 Aug 2026

Jalapeño Salmonella outbreak grows to 431 sick in 32 states; illnesses ran into August and the grower is still unnamed

Publisher’s Platform: The President Has Nominated Dr. Heidi Overton to Run FDA. She Would Inherit the Largest Cyclospora Outbreak Ever Recorded, and Here Is the To-Do List I Would Put on Her Desk.

I have watched commissioners arrive since 1993, each with an agenda, and I have outlasted every one of them. That is not a boast. It is the problem, and it is the reason I am writing this the day the name came out rather than the day something goes wrong.

By Bill Marler

/ 20 Aug 2026

Publisher’s Platform: The President Has Nominated Dr. Heidi Overton to Run FDA. She Would Inherit the Largest Cyclospora Outbreak Ever Recorded, and Here Is the To-Do List I Would Put on Her Desk.

Cheese and lettuce behind French Cryptosporidium outbreaks

By Joe Whitworth

/ 20 Aug 2026

Cheese and lettuce behind French Cryptosporidium outbreaks

Eggs blamed in Chinese Salmonella outbreak

By Joe Whitworth

/ 20 Aug 2026

Eggs blamed in Chinese Salmonella outbreak

Publisher’s Platform: California Lettuce Was Never Implicated. California Growers Plowed Under a Third of the Crop Anyway. Here Is What the Trade Associations, Washington and the Rest of Us Can Actually Do About It.

Fix the finding and one farm takes the loss instead of ninety percent of the lettuce. Do that and you put me out of the fresh fruit and vegetable business, and I would go gladly.

By Bill Marler

/ 19 Aug 2026

Publisher’s Platform: California Lettuce Was Never Implicated. California Growers Plowed Under a Third of the Crop Anyway. Here Is What the Trade Associations, Washington and the Rest of Us Can Actually Do About It.

Belgian Salmonella outbreak climbs to 300 cases

In the initial incident, Salmonella was found in a dust sample taken from a Laerco chicken coop and subsequent analysis revealed it was the same type detected in patients.

By Joe Whitworth

/ 19 Aug 2026

Belgian Salmonella outbreak climbs to 300 cases

Overton expected to be next FDA commissioner

President Trump is expected to nominate Dr. Heidi Overton to head the Food and Drug Administration, according to a source close to the story. Overton is currently Deputy Director of

By Coral Beach

/ 19 Aug 2026

Overton expected to be next FDA commissioner

UK reports Salmonella outbreak with 200 sick and one dead

More than 200 people have been sickened across the United Kingdom in a Salmonella outbreak and one person has died. According to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), there are

By Joe Whitworth

/ 19 Aug 2026

UK reports Salmonella outbreak with 200 sick and one dead

The last mile of a food safety recall: It is not complete until consumers are protected

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By Hal King

/ 19 Aug 2026

The last mile of a food safety recall: It is not complete until consumers are protected

Frozen fruit bars recalled after consumers find glass pieces

Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream Inc. is recalling select flavors of Outshine Fruit Bars because of consumer complaints about contamination with glass. Products affected include Outshine Strawberry, Watermelon, Grape, Tangerine

By News Desk

/ 18 Aug 2026

Frozen fruit bars recalled after consumers find glass pieces

CDC reports more than 1,800 additional Cyclospora patients in past week

Since May 1, the CDC has received reports of 15,716 laboratory-confirmed reports of infections from the Cyclospora parasite.

By Coral Beach

/ 18 Aug 2026

CDC reports more than 1,800 additional Cyclospora patients in past week

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Sprouts tied to outbreak in Minnesota, Wisconsin and possibly other states

Jalapeño Salmonella outbreak grows to 431 sick in 32 states; illnesses ran into August and the grower is still unnamed

Publisher’s Platform: The President Has Nominated Dr. Heidi Overton to Run FDA. She Would Inherit the Largest Cyclospora Outbreak Ever Recorded, and Here Is the To-Do List I Would Put on Her Desk.

Cheese and lettuce behind French Cryptosporidium outbreaks

Eggs blamed in Chinese Salmonella outbreak

Publisher’s Platform: California Lettuce Was Never Implicated. California Growers Plowed Under a Third of the Crop Anyway. Here Is What the Trade Associations, Washington and the Rest of Us Can Actually Do About It.

Belgian Salmonella outbreak climbs to 300 cases

Overton expected to be next FDA commissioner

UK reports Salmonella outbreak with 200 sick and one dead

The last mile of a food safety recall: It is not complete until consumers are protected

Frozen fruit bars recalled after consumers find glass pieces

CDC reports more than 1,800 additional Cyclospora patients in past week