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Giulia Carbonaro

By Giulia Carbonaro

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Taylor Farms has issued a recall for over a dozen items, including salsa and guacamole sold at shops like Walmart, Target, Whole Foods, Kroger and Trader Joe’s, over a salmonella risk.

The California-based producer of fresh-cut fruits and vegetables, which has been tied to a recent cyclospora outbreak across the country involving iceberg lettuce, said on Sunday that it was voluntarily recalling finished products containing potentially contaminated fresh jalapeños.

Newsweek contacted Taylor Farms for comment by email on Monday morning, outside of standard working hours.

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Salmonella bacteria, which are found in the intestines of people and animals, are a leading cause of foodborne diseases, hospitalizations and deaths in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Infections—which are possible after eating contaminated food and drinking or having contact with contaminated water—are particularly dangerous in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.

A truck arrives at a Taylor Farms facility on July 17, 2026 in Salinas, California.

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The move follows a multistate outbreak of salmonella infections linked to fresh jalapeños supplied by Coast Citrus Distributors, a wholesale fresh produce supplier operating across the U.S. and Mexico. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the CDC identified a grower in Sinaloa, Mexico, as the potential source of the outbreak.

According to CDC data, a total of 345 people infected with the outbreak strain of salmonella have been reported from 27 states since late July. There have been 36 hospitalizations and no deaths reported.

Taylor Farms said it is no longer sourcing products from the Sinaloa-based farmer and will be filling orders from alternative suppliers.

The recalled products are:

What Do We Know About the Salmonella Outbreak?

Illnesses started being reported between June 19 and July 20, according to the FDA, with 177 of the 191 people interviewed (93 percent) saying they had eaten at a Mexican-style restaurant before their illness, including Chipotle Mexican Grill and QDOBA, in a period between June 14 and July 14.

Chipotle Mexican Grill and QDOBA stopped serving affected jalapeño peppers after being notified of the outbreak, and QDOBA restaurants are also no longer serving jalapeño peppers. The FDA and CDC declared there is currently no ongoing salmonella risk when eating at these establishments.

Jalapeño peppers and guacamole are among over a dozen products voluntarily recalled by Taylor Farms over salmonella risk.

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The FDA and CDC’s investigation into the current outbreak is still open, and the two agencies are asking businesses to check their inventory for potentially contaminated products including the recalled jalapeño peppers.

The jalapeño-based products sold by Coast Citrus Distributors were primarily given to restaurants or sold wholesale.

The FDA and CDC are still trying to determine whether the jalapeños ever made it into grocery stores in the U.S.

Salmonella infections have been reported in the following states:

A Second Outbreak Involving Taylor Farms

Taylor Farms recently came under fire after a major outbreak of cyclospora, which has caused more than 6,000 people to fall sick across 15 states since late June, according to the FDA. The agency said there have been at least 278 hospitalizations and two deaths reported in Michigan.

Federal investigators have linked that outbreak, which caused those infected to lose appetite and experience explosive diarrhea, to iceberg lettuce grown in central Mexico and supplied by Taylor Farms de Mexico.

On July 17, Taylor Farms announced they were voluntarily recalling all iceberg lettuce products sourced from central Mexico from the U.S. market.

Cyclospora Outbreak Recalls Ranked By Size

According to the latest FDA data, a total of 236,192 cases of iceberg and romaine lettuce, sometimes mixed with other products, were removed from distribution across Mexico and 27 U.S. states.

The most affected retailers were:

1. Walmart (Marketside)

2. Subway

3. Yum Brands (Taco Bell)

4. Jack in the Box

The FDA document also names Sysco, Markon, Cross Valley Farms (U.S. Foods) and Peak Lettuce Salad as distributors affected, without specifying the number of recalled cases attributed to each.

Contact Newsweek editors on this story: Ben Kelly, Tobias Meyjes and Tony Phillips.

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