Salmonella, Cyclospora and Listeria Outbreaks under investigation by FDA

The Food and Drug Administration is investigating a new outbreak of infections caused by Salmonella Oranienburg.

The agency has not yet found the source of the pathogen, but it has begun traceback efforts. The FDA has not reported what food it is tracing. As of Aug. 20, there were five confirmed patients, but the agency did not report their ages or where they live.

In other outbreak news, the patient count in an outbreak of infections caused by the cyclospora parasite has increased to 43, up from 31 a week ago. The FDA has begun traceback efforts but has not reported what food it is tracing. The agency has not reported the patients’ ages or where they live. The FDA first posted information about the outbreak on Aug. 13.

Ongoing investigations
The FDA is continuing to investigate outbreaks linked to frozen sprouted beans, pistachio cream and chicken alfredo meals.

An outbreak on Salmonella Anatum infections linked to Deep brand frozen sprouted moth and mung beans has sickened 11 people across 10 states. Four patients have required hospitalization. The outbreak is ongoing and was first posted by the FDA on July 9.

Chetak LLC Group has initiated a recall of the following: 

• Deep-brand Sprouted Mat (Moth) in 1-pound (454 g) packages with one of the following lot codes printed on the back side of the bag: IN 24330, IN 25072, IN 25108, IN 24353, 
  IN 25171, IN 24297, IN 25058, IN 25078, IN 24291, IN 25107, IN 24354, IN 24292
• Deep-brand Sprouted Moong (Mung) in 1-pound (454 g) packages with one of the following lot codes printed on the back side of the bag:  IN 24330, IN 25072, IN 25108, IN 24353, IN 25171, IN 24297, IN 25058, IN 25078, IN 24291, IN 25107, IN 24354, IN 24292 

An outbreak of Salmonella Oranienburg linked to pistachio cream has sickened four people in two states. One person has required hospitalization. The outbreak is ongoing and was first posted by the FDA on June 13.The pistachio cream was manufactured by Emek Dogal Saglik Urunleri Iklim Gida Insaat San Tic Ltd Sti in Turkey. The product, Emek Spread Pistachio Cacao Cream with Kadayif, was sold in 9.7-ounce glass jars with BATCH NO: 250401, UPC number 8 69652 10130 1, and a best before date of April 1, 2027. 

An outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes linked to chicken alfredo meals is ongoing and has sickened 17 people across 13 states. Sixteen of the patients have required hospitalization and three have died. The outbreak was first posted by the FDA on April 4.

FreshRealm has recalled chicken fettuccine alfredo meals produced prior to June 17, 2025, that are available under the following brand names:

• Marketside Grilled Chicken Alfredo with Fettuccine 12.3 oz – best-by date of June 26, 2025, or prior
• Marketside Grilled Chicken Alfredo with Fettuccine 32.8 oz – best-by date of June 27, 2025, or prior
• Home Chef Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo 12.5 oz – best-by date of June 19, 2025, or prior
• Establishment number “EST. P-50784,” “EST. P-47770,” or “EST. P-47718” appears on the label in the USDA mark of inspection.

The meals are sold in the refrigerated section at Walmart and Kroger stores under the Marketside and Home Chef brand names.

Republished with permission from Bill Marler and Marler Clark. Copyright (c) Marler Clark LLP, PS. All rights reserved.