Salmonella outbreak linked to recalled eggs sickens 2 people from New Jersey: CDC
79 people have gotten sick across the country, including 63 in California
NEW JERSEY (WABC) -- Two people in New Jersey were sickened by a salmonella outbreak linked to recalled eggs, according to health officials.
The CDC says 79 people across the country have gotten sick from the outbreak, impacting residents seven states, including New Jersey, California, Nevada, Arizona, Washington, Nebraska and Kentucky.
Video in the medial player above is from a previous report.
The most reported infections were in California, where 63 people got sick. Four people were also infected in Nevada and Washington, three in Arizona, two in Nebraska and New Jersey, and one in Kentucky.
A map breaking down the infections by state can be found online.
What to know about the recall
The salmonella infections were linked to eggs recently recalled by August Egg Company.
The California-based company recalled 1,700,000 dozen organic and cage-free brown eggs, that were sold to restaurants and retailers in Arizona, California, Illinois, Indiana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, Washington, and Wyoming.
Recalled brown cage-free eggs and brown certified-organic eggs, with sell by dates from March 4, 2025, to June 4, 2025, were distributed in California and Nevada to retail locations including Save Mart, FoodMaxx, Lucky, Smart & Final, Safeway, Raleys, Food 4 Less and Ralphs.
The eggs were also distributed to Walmart locations in California, Washington, Nevada, Arizona, Wyoming, New Mexico, Nebraska, Indiana and Illinois with sell by dates from March 4, 2025, to June 19, 2025.
You can find a list of brands in the official recall notice.
Symptoms of salmonella, how to stay safe
Symptoms of salmonella include fever, diarrhea, cramping, and chills, and can start anywhere from six hours, to almost a week after.
Because the symptoms can be mild, Dr. Liju Philip, who is an emergency doctor, says many may not even know they have it.
"Any time there's an outbreak, the numbers would be underreported because most people, especially the people that get better on their own, they're not reporting their illness," Dr. Philip said. "So, there's definitely a lot more people affected than the numbers would show."
Dr. Philip also says salmonella can spread by more than just eating infected eggs.
"You want to be wiping down surfaces, you want to be washing your hands," Dr. Philip said. "You definitely want to cook, cook your eggs in general. But if there happens to be an outbreak, that's when you want to be vigilant and make sure you don't have those affected eggs at all."
Shoppers say they hear about recalls far too often, and in the case of eggs, between the shortage and high prices, this outbreak is yet another thing they have to factor in as they shop.
"You just have to be cautious with that, and I guess you just have to watch what you buy and how much you want to spend," said a shopper, Nihar Patel.
You can find more information about salmonella on the CDC's website.
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