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Taylor Farms has recalled more foods over salmonella risk. See which ones
Max Rivera and Kristina Peterson
Bloomberg
Aug. 9, 2026, 10:37 p.m. ET
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Taylor Farms is pulling more than a dozen prepared food items containing jalapeños, including salsas and guacamole, from retailers due to concerns over salmonella, just weeks after federal health officials tied the produce company to a separate outbreak of cyclospora
The Salinas, California-based company said Sunday it has issued a voluntary recall of products with jalapeño peppers tied to an earlier recall by Coast Citrus Distributors. Taylor Farms said it was “no longer” sourcing jalapeños from a farmer in Sinaloa, Mexico, that supplied the peppers to Coast Citrus and was identified as the potential
The recall affects products distributed to more than two dozen states, including Illinois, New York and Texas. Most were sold at major grocers such as Kroger Co., Target Corp., Trader Joe’s, Walmart Inc. and Amazon.com Inc.’s Whole Foods Market in a number of prepared foods, ranging from diced peppers to containers of pineapple mango salsa
Taylor Farms said it is unaware of any reported illnesses linked to the voluntarily recalled items
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week said hundreds of people had been sickened across 27 states by potentially contaminated jalapeños distributed by Coast Citrus, a unit of GrubMarket Inc., which last month filed confidentially for an initial public offering in the US
That came after federal health officials last month tied the largest outbreak of cyclospora parasite cases to iceberg lettuce from Mexico supplied by Taylor Farms to companies including Yum! Brands Inc.’s Taco Bell. Federal authorities are also investigating clusters tied to other
Taylor Farms is a juggernaut in the produce industry with a supply chain that spans several countries across North America and Europe. The outbreaks have exposed how consolidation in the produce industry can broaden the food system’s vulnerability to outbreaks, since lettuce grown in one part of the world can be processed and distributed widely very quickly
Recalls are a drag on both revenue and consumer confidence as customers can sometimes shy away from products for weeks and months after outbreaks are contained. Last week, Mexican fast-food restaurant chains Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. and Qdoba Restaurant Corp. said they pulled Coast Citrus jalapeños from hundreds of locations after the CDC announcement
