5 P.M. DOZENS OF PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN SICK FROM EGGS SOLD IN SACRAMENTO AND YOLO COUNTIES. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT AT FIVE. I’M ANDREA FLORES AND I’M ASHLEY ZAVALA. THE EGGS WERE CONTAMINATED WITH SALMONELLA. THEY WERE RECALLED LAST WEEK. AND WE NOW KNOW EXACTLY WHERE SOME OF THEM WERE SOLD. KCRA 3’S MICHELLE BANDUR JOINS US LIVE IN SACRAMENTO AT ONE OF THOSE STORES. MICHELLE, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? WELL, ASHLEY TAYLOR’S MARKET HERE ON FREEPORT BOULEVARD IS ONE OF THE SEVEN STORES IN SACRAMENTO AND DAVIS THAT ACTUALLY SELLS EGGS FROM FARMS IN DICKSON AND TAYLORS TELLS US THAT A WOMAN EVEN RETURNED A CARTON OF EGGS HERE TODAY AFTER HEARING ABOUT THE RECALL. AT TAYLOR’S MARKET ON FREEPORT BOULEVARD, EMPLOYEES FIGURED OUT PRETTY QUICKLY THEY HAD BAD EGGS ON THEIR HANDS. THEY NOTICED SOME WERE CONTAMINATED IN OUR RESTAURANT, WHERE THEY DO THE COOKING FOR THE STORE AND HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THAT, SO WE PULLED THOSE BEFORE THEY EVEN CALLED US. WORKING IN THE GROCERY BUSINESS, THEY RECOGNIZE THE SIGNS OF SALMONELLA. IT WAS PRETTY NOTICEABLE IF THERE WERE BAD ONES. IT IS WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE. THEY LOOKED FINE. IT JUST DIDN’T SMELL RIGHT. AND THEY DIDN’T COOK RIGHT. VEGA FARMS VOLUNTARILY RECALLED THE BAD BATCH AND THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUED THE OFFICIAL RECALL EARLIER THIS WEEK. THESE ARE THE NEW ONES. AND THEY TOLD US TO PULL ANYTHING UNDER 326. SO WE PULLED ALL OF THOSE AND THEY REPLACED IT WITH THEIR NEW ONE. THE VAGA FARMS RECALL INCLUDES ITS 12 COUNT CARTONS AND 30 COUNT FLATS OF EGGS, WITH A HANDLER CODE OF 2136 AND SELL BY DATES OF DECEMBER 22ND AND PRIOR OR JULIAN DATES OF 328 AND PRIOR AS OF DECEMBER 5TH. CDPH REPORTS 63 CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS REPORTED TO THE AGENCY THEY GOT SICK FROM THE SALMONELLA STRAIN, WITH 13 PEOPLE GOING TO THE HOSPITAL, BUT NO ONE HAS DIED. I MEAN, FROM WHAT I WAS TOLD, THEY’VE GOT IT UNDER CONTROL. TAYLOR’S MARKET LOST MORE THAN 700 EGGS OF THEIR 1000 EGG ORDER THAT LASTS ABOUT TWO WEEKS. THE SACRAMENTO FOODS CO-OP ALSO SELLS THE VEGA FARMS EGGS. STATE INSPECTIONS BY CDPH AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE FOUND MULTIPLE EGG AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES COLLECTED FROM THE DIXON FARM TESTED POSITIVE FOR SALMONELLA. WE ACTED IMMEDIATELY, AND WE DIDN’T EVEN KNOW ALL THE DETAILS, BUT EGGS, YOU KNOW YOU DON’T WANT TO MESS AROUND WITH EGGS. SO ANY DAIRY PRODUCT FOR THAT MATTER. BUT YEAH, WE PULLED THEM FAST. YEAH. AND VEGA FARMS TELLS KCRA THREE NEWS THAT THE POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION OR THAT THE CONTAMINATION POSSIBLY CAME FROM SOME PROCESSING EQUIPMENT, AND THAT THIS IS THE FIRST OF ITS TYPE OF RECALL THAT THEY’VE HAD IN 40 YEARS. NOW, IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ALL OF THE STORES AFFECTED BY THE RECALL, WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU@KCRA.COM REPORTING LIVE IN SACRAMENTO, MICHELLE BANDUR. MIKE CHERRY 3 NEWS. MICHELLE, BEFORE WE LET YOU GO, FOR THOSE WHO DID BUY THESE EGGS, WHAT SHOULD THEY DO? YEAH, TAYLOR’S MARKET TELLS US, YOU KNOW, THEY WILL GLADLY TAKE THEM BACK AND DISPOSE OF THEM AND GIVE YOU A REFUND OR ANOTHER CARTON OF EGGS AND ALL THE OTHER STORES SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT AS WELL. OR IF YOU HAVE THEM AT HOME, YOU CAN ALS
Dixon egg recall leaves 63 ill, some hospitalized, California health officials say
Updated: 6:11 PM PST Dec 12, 2025
A week after a recall for eggs sold from a farm in Dixon was announced, officials on Friday announced how many people became ill with salmonella and released the names of the stores that sold those eggs.The California Department of Public Health said as of Dec. 5, 63 people fell ill, with 13 of them ending up in the hospital after consuming eggs from Vega Farms, Inc. No one has died from the outbreak. Leer en español. CDPH and the California Department of Food and Agriculture collected egg samples and found that multiple samples tested positive for Salmonella. Whole genome sequencing found that the salmonella found in at least one of the samples matched the strain found in sick individuals.The bad batch went to seven locations across Sacramento and Davis. They are:Davis Food Co-Op, 620 G StreetSacramento Foods Co-Op, 2820 R StreetSage Market, 201 Sage StreetSegundo Market, One Shields AvenueTaylor’s Market, 2900 Freeport BoulevardTercero DC, 237 Tercero Hall CircleUC Davis Cuarto Market, 550 Oxford CircleThe recall was for its 12-count cartons and 30-count flats of eggs with a handler code of 2136 with sell-by dates of Dec. 22 and prior, or Julian dates of 328 and prior.At Taylor’s Market, employees figured out pretty quickly they had bad eggs on their hands.”They noticed some were contaminated in our restaurant where they do the cooking for the store and had a question about that,” said general manager Jason Chapman. “So we pulled those before they even called us.”Working in the grocery business, they recognize the signs of Salmonella.”It was pretty noticeable if there were bad ones,” said Chapman. “They looked fine. They didn’t smell right and they didn’t cook right.”Chapman said they lost more than 700 eggs of their 1,000 egg order, which lasts about two weeks. A spokesperson for Vega Farms said around 1,500 dozen eggs were impacted and that the contamination might have come from their processing equipment.Anyone who may still have affected eggs should return or toss the eggs.Vega Farms said this is the first recall of its type in 40 years.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel
SACRAMENTO, Calif. —
A week after a recall for eggs sold from a farm in Dixon was announced, officials on Friday announced how many people became ill with salmonella and released the names of the stores that sold those eggs.
The California Department of Public Health said as of Dec. 5, 63 people fell ill, with 13 of them ending up in the hospital after consuming eggs from Vega Farms, Inc. No one has died from the outbreak.
CDPH and the California Department of Food and Agriculture collected egg samples and found that multiple samples tested positive for Salmonella. Whole genome sequencing found that the salmonella found in at least one of the samples matched the strain found in sick individuals.
The bad batch went to seven locations across Sacramento and Davis. They are:
Davis Food Co-Op, 620 G StreetSacramento Foods Co-Op, 2820 R StreetSage Market, 201 Sage StreetSegundo Market, One Shields AvenueTaylor’s Market, 2900 Freeport BoulevardTercero DC, 237 Tercero Hall CircleUC Davis Cuarto Market, 550 Oxford Circle
The recall was for its 12-count cartons and 30-count flats of eggs with a handler code of 2136 with sell-by dates of Dec. 22 and prior, or Julian dates of 328 and prior.
At Taylor’s Market, employees figured out pretty quickly they had bad eggs on their hands.
“They noticed some were contaminated in our restaurant where they do the cooking for the store and had a question about that,” said general manager Jason Chapman. “So we pulled those before they even called us.”
Working in the grocery business, they recognize the signs of Salmonella.
“It was pretty noticeable if there were bad ones,” said Chapman. “They looked fine. They didn’t smell right and they didn’t cook right.”
Chapman said they lost more than 700 eggs of their 1,000 egg order, which lasts about two weeks.
A spokesperson for Vega Farms said around 1,500 dozen eggs were impacted and that the contamination might have come from their processing equipment.
Anyone who may still have affected eggs should return or toss the eggs.
Vega Farms said this is the first recall of its type in 40 years.
See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel