Seven strains of infection-causing microbes have been identified, prompting a recall whose geographical coverage area has now tripled.
On September 19, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a recall of eggs in Arkansas and Missouri due to potential Salmonella contamination—at the time not reporting the quantity of products affected. Now, in an update, the agency has elaborated on the scale of the event: in the past month, more than 523,000 dozen eggs have been pulled from shelves in what appear to be six states.
The FDA has named Black Sheep Egg Company, LLC, a Walnut Ridge, Arkansas establishment, as the recalling firm. After investigating distribution patterns, the company says they sent the affected eggs in 12-count and 18-count packages to wholesale and broker locations in four additional states: Mississippi, Texas, California, and Indiana.
The problem was discovered during an FDA inspection of the Black Sheep Egg Company facilities. “Of the samples collected, 40 environmental samples were positive for Salmonella including seven different strains of Salmonella. Some of these strains are known to cause human illness,” the FDA’s initial announcement states.
That risk of illness has now earned the FDA’s highest risk level—Class I. This is assigned to situations “in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death,” based on the agency’s judgment.
The FDA’s update now includes more detailed information about the eggs involved in the recall, and consumers are urged to check for identifying information before consuming any eggs from the company:
Free Range Grade A Large Brown Eggs
- Packaging: 12-ct cartons
- UPC: 860010568507
- Lot: H-0047-2026
- Best By 8/22/2025-10/31/2025
- Quantity: 23,625 dozen
Free Range Grade A Large Brown Eggs
- Packaging: 18-ct cartons
- UPC: 860010568538
- Lot: H-0048-2026
- Best By 8/22/2025–10/31/2025
- Quantity: 16,245 dozen
Free Range Grade AA Large Brown Eggs
- Packaging: Loose pack (15 dozen per box)
- Lot: H-0049-2026
- Best By 8/22/2025–10/31/2025
- Quantity: 20,625 dozen
Free Range Grade AA Medium Brown Eggs
- Packaging: Loose pack (15 dozen per box)
- Lot: H-0050-2026
- Best By 8/22/2025–10/31/2025
- Quantity: 14,220 dozen
Free Range Grade AA Large Brown Eggs
- Packaging: Loose open skid (900 dozen per pallet)
- Lot: H-0051-2026
- Sell By 8/7/2025–10/16/2025
- Quantity: 288,900 dozen
Free Range Grade AA Medium Brown Eggs
- Packaging: Loose open skid
- Lot: H-0052-2026
- Sell By 8/7/2025–10/16/2025
- Quantity: 58,500 dozen
Free Range Grade AA Large White Eggs
- Packaging: Loose open skid
- Lot: H-0053-2026
- Sell By 8/7/2025–10/16/2025
- Quantity: 7,200 dozen
Free Range Grade AA Medium White Eggs
- Packaging: Loose open skid
- Lot: H-0054-2026
- Sell By 8/7/2025–10/16/2025
- Quantity: 46,800 dozen
Free Range Grade AA Large White Eggs
- Packaging: 12-ct cartons (15 dozen per box)
- Lot: H-0055-2026
- Best By 8/22/2025–10/31/2025; Sell By 8/7/2025–10/16/2025
- Quantity: 23,400 dozen
Free Range Grade AA Medium White Eggs
- Packaging: 18-ct cartons (15 dozen per box)
- Lot: H-0056-2026
- Best By: 8/22/205-10/31/2025; Sell By: 8/7/2025-10/16/2025
- Quantity: 23,400 dozen
“Consumers, restaurants, and retailers should not eat, sell, or serve” any of the products implicated in the recall, the FDA urges. Additionally, wash your hands thoroughly using hot soapy water if you believe you have touched the eggs, and follow FDA’s safe handling and cleaning advice to clean and sanitize any surfaces which may have come in contact with this product.
According to the Cleveland Clinic, Salmonellosis is a type of bacterial infection that most often causes diarrhea, fever and stomach pains—symptoms that typically resolve on their own in healthy adults. However, infants, seniors, people with compromised immune systems, and people with sickle cell disease are at heightened risk of serious illness. An estimated 420 people die from Salmonella infection each year, Clinic experts note.
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