How many food recalls are for salmonella each year?

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.

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Measure: Food recalls for salmonella. Written from the data below.

  • The latest figure, for 2025, is 77.
  • That is up 24% from 62 in 2013.
  • The highest was 80 in 2016.
  • The lowest was 31 in 2023.

The newest salmonella recalls

Newest first, as of November 4, 2026. The source's own words are in quotes.

The bigger picture, in plain words: Are food recalls going up?

What was recalled lately? See every food recall in November 2026, or any month since 2020, in plain words.

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Year FDA classified the recall Food recalls for salmonella
2013 62
2014 75
2015 72
2016 80
2017 79
2018 67
2019 43
2020 41
2021 44
2022 47
2023 31
2024 39
2025 77

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