Overview
- The company announced a voluntary recall on Wednesday for 1,589,577 dozen white and brown shell eggs produced at two Texas farms between June 6 and July 3 and carrying best-by dates from July 20 through August 17.
- After routine environmental monitoring and root-cause analysis, Midwest Poultry halted fresh-egg distribution from the affected farms and said it has diverted some product to pasteurization while cooperating with regulators.
- The CDC and FDA say the investigation has identified 98 illnesses across 17 states with 26 hospitalizations and that some on-farm samples matched the outbreak strain, though the agency did not attribute every illness solely to this producer.
- Consumers should check cartons for plant code P-1950 or 0840962 and Julian dates 157–184, must not eat affected eggs, and are advised to return them to the place of purchase for a full refund or discard them if packaging is missing.
- Officials are continuing traceback and laboratory testing to define the full scope of the outbreak, and restaurants, retailers, and households that handled recalled eggs should clean and sanitize surfaces that contacted the product.