WALNUT RIDGE, Ark. — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently issued a recall of Black Sheep Egg Company eggs for possible Salmonella contamination, specifically their 12- and 18-count cartons of Free-Range Large Grade A brown eggs. These eggs have Best By dates of 8/22/2025 through 10/31/2025.
This recall comes after the FDA completed an investigation at Black Sheep’s egg processing facility and collected environmental samples. Out of all the samples collected, 40 of them tested positive for seven different strains of Salmonella, the administration said.
Some of these strains are known to cause human illness, but the FDA mentioned that they do not have enough information available to suggest that this firm is the source of an ongoing outbreak.
According to the FDA, illness usually occurs within 12 to 72 hours after eating food contaminated with Salmonella, and the symptoms usually last four to seven days. Symptoms include diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps. Children under the age of 5, the elderly, and people with compromised immune systems are more likely to have serious infections.
Black Sheep Egg Company is based out of Walnut Ridge, Ark., but they distributed eggs to other companies that may have repackaged them in Arkansas and Missouri between July 9, 2025, and Sept. 17, 2025.
Although the company contacted their direct customers to remove potentially contaminated products from the market, the FDA is alerting customers, retailers, and distributors to not eat, sell, or serve the recalled products, to warn consumers who may still have the product in their homes.
In addition to getting rid of the contaminated products, the FDA recommends that consumers, restaurants, and retailers with these products should carefully clean and sanitize any surfaces and containers that the recalled eggs touched.
For more information, visit the FDA website.
