A major shell egg recall in 2025 became one of the larger food-safety actions of the year after federal investigators traced illnesses to a California supplier. The specific recall involves August Egg Company of Hilmar, California, which on June 6, 2025, recalled about 1,700,000 dozen brown cage-free and brown certified organic eggs, according to the FDA.
What was recalled, and how big is it?
August Egg Company announced the recall on June 6, 2025, after eggs were linked to a Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak, according to the FDA and the CDC. The FDA said the recall covered about 1.7 million dozen shell eggs, a figure often rounded in headlines to nearly 1.6 million dozen, and the products were sold under multiple brand names. FDA outbreak records said the company’s eggs were tied to 134 reported illnesses, 38 hospitalizations and one death across 10 states by the agency’s July 10, 2025 update.
The recalled products were brown cage-free and brown certified organic eggs with plant code numbers P-6562 or CA-5330 and Julian dates between 32 and 126 printed on the carton or package, according to the FDA. The agency listed products including Clover Organic Large Brown 12 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 and 18 eggs, Marketside Organic Large Cage Free Brown 12 eggs and 18 eggs, Marketside Large Cage Free Brown 12 eggs and 18 eggs, Raley’s Large Cage Free Brown 12 eggs, and First Street Cage Free Large Brown Loose 1 case = 150 eggs.
The FDA listing also included UPCs for many cartons, including Clover Organic Large Brown 12 eggs, UPC 070852010427; Nulaid Medium Brown Cage Free 12 eggs, UPC 071230021042; Nulaid Jumbo Brown Cage Free 12 eggs, UPC 071230021011; O Organics Large Brown 12 eggs, UPC 079893401508; Marketside Large Cage Free Brown 12 eggs, UPC 681131122764; and Raley’s Large Cage Free Brown 12 eggs, UPC 046567033310. The FDA recall announcement directed consumers to return recalled eggs to their place of purchase for a full refund. FDA materials reviewed for this article did not show a posted FDA enforcement recall number or hazard classification on the public recall announcement page.
Where the eggs were sold
The state-by-state distribution list is specific. According to the FDA, eggs were distributed within California and Nevada from February 3, 2025, through May 15, 2025, with sell-by dates from March 4, 2025, to June 4, 2025, through retailers including Save Mart, FoodMaxx, Lucky, Smart & Final, Safeway, Raleys, Food 4 Less and Ralphs.
The FDA also said eggs were distributed from February 3, 2025, through May 6, 2025, with sell-by dates from March 4, 2025, to June 19, 2025, to Walmart stores in California, Washington, Nevada, Arizona, Wyoming, New Mexico, Nebraska, Indiana and Illinois. That means the full state list named by regulators is Arizona, California, Illinois, Indiana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Washington and Wyoming.
What is not publicly detailed in the federal notices is a store-by-store location list for every affected market outside the chains named in the recall. The FDA identified the states and some retail banners, but it did not publish a comprehensive list of individual store addresses in each state. Federal outbreak records also noted confirmed product distribution to those nine states, while reported illness cases were recorded in a somewhat different group of 10 states during the investigation.
Why this happened and what shoppers should know
Federal agencies said the recall followed a multistate outbreak investigation. According to the FDA, traceback work identified August Egg Company as a common supplier, and inspectors collected environmental samples at cage-free laying houses used by the company. The FDA said three environmental samples matched the outbreak strain of Salmonella by whole genome sequencing, and eggs from that facility were already included in the recall.
The CDC said August Egg Company recalled eggs on June 6, 2025, after investigators connected patient interviews and supply-chain information to the company’s products. FDA records also said August Egg Company began diverting all eggs to an egg breaker in May 2025, a processing step the agency said eliminates the Salmonella risk for those eggs.
For shoppers, the practical guidance remained narrow and specific. Consumers were told by the FDA to check cartons for plant codes P-6562 or CA-5330 and Julian dates 32 through 126, then return recalled eggs to the place of purchase for a full refund. By the FDA’s July 10, 2025 outbreak update, regulators said all recalled eggs should have been off the market and beyond shelf life, but the agency also noted that the company and regulators were working on corrective and preventive actions.