Class I · Recall · initiated July 22, 2026 · Terminated
Midwest Poultry Services recalls 1.59 million dozen eggs sold under Kroger and Simple Truth labels
An Indiana egg producer recalled Grade A white and brown eggs packed under Kroger and Simple Truth private labels, 1,589,577 dozen in total, across six southern states, for possible Salmonella Enteritidis.
The record
- Firm
- Midwest Poultry Servc c/o H & Lelectric, N Manchester, IN
- Products (2)
- Grade A Brown In-shell Chicken eggs packaged in the following configurations: 1. Simple Truth, Natural Cage Free Grain Fed, Medium, 12 Eggs, Net Wt 21 oz (1lb 5oz) 596g, UPC 0 11110-87032 0. Distributed by The Kroger Co., Cincinnati, OH 45202. 2. Simple Truth, Natural Cage Free Grain Fed, LaGrade A White In-shell Chicken eggs packaged in the following configurations: 1. Kroger, Medium, 12 Eggs, Net Wt 21 oz (1lb 5oz) 596g, UPC 0 11110-60902 1. Distributed by The Kroger Co., Cincinnati, OH 45202. 2. Kroger, Medium, 30 Eggs, Net Wt 52.5 oz (3lb 4.5oz) 596g, UPC 0 11110-60980 9.
- Reason, as filed
- “Possible Salmonella Enteritidis”
- Classification
- Class I (Class I: reasonable probability of serious health consequences or death)
- Recall numbers
- H-1229-2026, H-1230-2026
- Initiated
- July 22, 2026
- Posted by FDA
- August 19, 2026
- Status
- Terminated · Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Quantity
- 1,589,577 dozen total
- Distribution
- Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas
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Why it happened, in plain English
The record lists Kroger and Simple Truth as the brands and Midwest Poultry Services as the recalling firm. This is the private-label pattern: the producer’s name appears on the enforcement record, the retailer’s name appears on the carton. The filed reason is possible Salmonella Enteritidis, the serotype associated with laying flocks.
The quantity, nearly 1.6 million dozen, and the six-state distribution make this one of the larger shell-egg recalls of the year. The recall was initiated July 22 and posted by FDA on August 19.
Who else should care
Retailers with private-label eggs and the producers who pack for them. Also anyone who buys liquid or shell eggs as an ingredient from a distributor in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma or Texas.
Check: whether your private-label agreements specify who notifies whom, and how fast, when the packer initiates a recall.
Written 2026-09-08. Analysis is editorial; the record above is FDA's.