Warning: Eggs in Illinois Linked to Health Scare

So far there have been 79 sicknesses reported including 21 hospitalizations linked to eggs that are widely available in Illinois.

This new bulletin from the CDC just issued yesterday addresses an investigation that is happening right now regarding eggs that are connected to an outbreak of Salmonella. It is believed that the contaminated eggs are the cage-free brown eggs with a sell by date of March 4, 2025, to June 19, 2025. The Food and Drug Administration says the eggs that were available in Illinois included a large variety of brands:

• Clover Organic Large Brown 12 eggs
• First Street Cage Free Large Brown Loose 1 case=150 eggs
• Nulaid Medium Brown Cage Free 12 eggs
• Nulaid Jumbo Brown Cage Free 12 eggs
• O Organics Cage Free Large Brown 6 eggs
• O Organics Large Brown 12 eggs
• O Organics Large Brown 18 eggs
• Marketside Organic Large Cage Free Brown 12 eggs
• Marketside Organic Large Cage Free Brown 18 eggs
• Marketside Large Cage Free Brown 12 eggs
• Marketside Large Cage Free Brown 18 eggs
• Raley’s Large Cage Free Brown 12 eggs
• Raley’s Large Cage Free Brown 18 eggs
• Raley’s Organic Large Cage Free Brown 12 eggs
• Raley’s Organic Large Cage Free Brown 18 eggs
• Simple Truth Medium Brown Cage Free 18 eggs
• Simple Truth Large Brown Cage Free 18 eggs
• Sun Harvest Organic Cage Free Large Brown 12 eggs
• Sun Harvest Organic Cage Free Large Brown 18 eggs
• Sunnyside Large Brown Cage Free 12 eggs
• Sunnyside Large Brown Cage Free 18 eggs
• Sunnyside Organic Cage Free Large Brown 12 eggs
• Sunnyside Organic Cage Free Large Brown 18 eggs
• Loose Small Brown Cage Free-1 box= 6 flats (1 flat= 30 eggs)
• Loose Medium Brown Cage Free -1 box= 6 flats (1 flat= 30 eggs)
• Loose Medium Brown Organic -1 box= 6 flats (1 flat= 30 eggs)
• Loose Large Brown Organic-1 box= 6 flats (1 flat= 30 eggs)
• Loose Jumbo Brown Cage Free -1 box=5 flats(1 flat=20 eggs)
• Loose Jumbo Brown Organic -1 box=5 flats(1 flat=20 eggs)

The good news for Illinois is there have not been any hospitalizations reported in the state yet with the greatest number being in California.