Egg recall 2026: more than 19 million eggs pulled from Kroger and other stores over salmonella

American shoppers are being urged to check their fridges after one of the largest egg recalls of the year. On July 22, Midwest Poultry Services announced a voluntary recall of 1,589,577 dozen eggs — just over 19 million eggs — over possible contamination with Salmonella Enteritidis.

The recall is linked to a salmonella outbreak that health officials say has sickened dozens of people across several states, according to reporting on the FDA notice. Salmonella can cause fever, diarrhoea, stomach cramps and, in severe cases, hospitalisation, with young children, older adults and people with weakened immune systems most at risk.

The affected eggs were sold under multiple brand names, including Kroger, Simple Truth, Brookshire's, Country Morning and Sunups.

In terms of where they were sold, consumers could have bought the eggs at Kroger stores in Texas and Louisiana, and at Brookshire Grocery stores in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. They were also distributed to smaller retailers not individually named in the notice.

The eggs were produced and distributed from farms in Texas between June 6 and July 3, 2026, with sell-by or best-by dates ranging from July 20 to August 17, 2026.

There is a simple way to check. Only cartons printed with the plant codes P-1950 or 0840962, and a Julian date between 157 and 184 on the side of the carton, are covered by the recall.

Consumers who have the recalled eggs are advised not to eat them and to return them to the store where they were purchased for a refund, or to throw them away. Officials also recommend washing and sanitising any surfaces or containers the eggs may have touched.

Egg recalls of this scale are a periodic reminder of how a single point in the supply chain can affect shoppers across a wide region — and of the value of checking pack codes when a recall is announced.