Kroger egg recall sparks fresh food scare as another outbreak spreads
- Nearly 1.6 million dozen eggs have been yanked from shelves over fears they could be contaminated with Salmonella Enteritidis, sparking fresh alarm over food safety.
- The sweeping recall covers white and brown cage-free eggs from Midwest Poultry Services sold at Kroger stores in Texas and Louisiana, plus Brookshire Grocery locations in Oklahoma, Arkansas and Mississippi.
- The egg recall comes as a separate food poisoning outbreak explodes across the U.S., with 4,173 confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis in 41 states and thousands more reports still awaiting confirmation.
- Investigators have linked the parasite outbreak to contaminated lettuce, prompting Taylor Farms to voluntarily recall iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico as health officials race to contain the spread.
- Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the outbreaks were “under control,” but the FDA stressed that a “false positive” lab test did not change the basis for its investigation or the ongoing lettuce recall.
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