FDA elevates Texas egg recall to highest risk level as salmonella outbreak spreads

From a cluster of Texas farms, nearly 1.6 million dozen eggs moved quietly into grocery stores and restaurant kitchens across six states before science caught up with them. The FDA has now elevated the recall to its highest classification — Class I — a designation reserved for contamination that poses genuine risk of serious harm or death. Ninety-eight people across 17 states have fallen ill, 26 have been hospitalized, and the investigation continues, reminding us how invisibly the consequences of a single compromised facility can travel through the vast, interconnected web of the modern food