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Read each chart, then answer its questions. Every chart shows its source and date; open it for a table of the numbers and the data to download.

  1. How many food recalls are for salmonella each year?

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Chart 1 of 1 · Food and drug safety

How many food recalls are for salmonella each year?

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The FDA classified 77 food recalls for salmonella in 2025; the most since 2013 was 80 in 2016. Salmonella is a germ that causes food poisoning, often from eggs, produce, nuts, spices and pet food. A recall counts once however many products it covers, in the year FDA first listed it in its weekly Enforcement Report. Chartly sorted FDA's written reasons by their key words; a recall that names listeria too is counted on the listeria chart instead. Meat, poultry and most egg products are USDA's to recall and aren't included. The newest salmonella recalls, this year's included, are listed below.

Questions to discuss

  1. In one sentence of your own, what does this chart show?
  2. Find the biggest change or difference in the chart. What might explain it?
  3. Who collected these numbers, and how recent are they? What else would you want to know before drawing a conclusion?

Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Enforcement Reports (openFDA food recall data) (Public domain (U.S. government work); source U.S. Food and Drug Administration, openFDA) · Data as of Nov 4, 2026

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  • MLA

    “How Many Food Recalls Are for Salmonella Each Year?” Chartly, 4 Nov. 2026, chart.ly/charts/salmonella-food-recalls-per-year. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

  • APA

    Chartly. (2026, November 4). How many food recalls are for salmonella each year? [Chart]. Retrieved November 14, 2026, from https://chart.ly/charts/salmonella-food-recalls-per-year

  • Chicago

    Chartly. “How Many Food Recalls Are for Salmonella Each Year?” Chart. Data from U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Enforcement Reports (openFDA food recall data). Updated November 4, 2026. Accessed November 14, 2026. https://chart.ly/charts/salmonella-food-recalls-per-year.

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