(NEXSTAR) – From frozen pizza to pork rinds to seasonings and pet food, numerous foods have been impacted by health alerts or recalls over possible salmonella contamination.
Salmonella are bacteria that cause the illness salmonellosis, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention explains. You can become infected by drinking or interacting with contaminated water; touching animals, their feces, or their spaces (a recent outbreak was linked to backyard poultry); or by eating contaminated food.
Infections are commonly associated with diarrhea, fever and stomach cramps, according to the CDC. Symptoms can begin between six hours and six days after you’ve ingested the bacteria. Most people are able to recover without receiving treatment within four to seven days, but infections can be more severe for young children, the elderly, and those with weakened immune systems.
Some may require medical treatment or hospitalization, the CDC explains. Infections can only be diagnosed with a laboratory test of a person’s stool, body tissue or fluids.
Since the calendar flipped to May, there have been 10 recalls issued over potential salmonella contamination, and a health alert that covers multiple products.
As of mid-May, federal officials have not reported any illnesses related to the impacted products.
A potentially contaminated dry milk powder was linked to a growing public health alert from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service and most of the recalled products.
The health alert initially included multiple pizzas sold at Aldi and Walmart, as well as select pork rinds. You can view those items, including the impacted lot codes, use-by dates, and production dates, here.
The FSIS added additional items to that alert on Friday:
Brand, product name Lot Codes and/or Use By EST Number Production Dates Sold in
Ole & Lena’s
Pizzeria Taco Pizza, 21.75 oz 894726090,
894726096,
894726099,
894726107,
894726114,
894726040,
894726044,
894726054,
894726061 M8947 3/31/2026,
4/6/2026,
4/9/2026,
4/17/2026,
4/24/2026,
2/9/2026,
2/13/2026,
2/23/2026,
3/2/2026 Maryland and North Dakota
Henry’s
Homestyle
Pizza Taco Pizza, 28 oz 894726083 M8947 3/24/2026 Minnesota
Kowalski’s
Markets Artisan Pizza Taco, 24.5 oz Lot Codes: 894726057,
894726071,
894726092,
894726106
Best By:
8/28/2026,
9/12/2026,
10/2/2026,
10/16/2026 M8947 2/26/2026,
3/12/2026,
4/2/2026,
4/16/2026 Minnesota
Papa Bob
Gourmet
Pizza Taco Pizza, 23.75 oz 894726120 M8947 4/30/2026 Missouri and Illinois
Roberto’s
Pizza Taco Pizza, 21.25 oz 894726117 M8947 4/23/2026 Minnesota, Iowa, and Nebraska
Brothers
Market Taco Pizza, 27 oz. Lot Codes: 894726097,
894726062,
894726069
Best By:
10/7/2027,
9/3/2026,
9/10/2026 M8947 4/7/2026,
3/3/2026,
3/10/2026 Iowa
Randy’s Taco Pizza, 25.25 oz 894726103,
894726124 M8947 4/13/2026,
5/4/2026 Minnesota
Meanwhile, the Food and Drug Administration has shared multiple product recalls related to the same dry milk powder.
That includes multiple Zapp’s and Dirty brand chips, produced by Utz Quality Foods; several snack mixes sold under brand names Fisher, Squirrel Brand, Southern Style Nuts, and Target’s private label, Good & Gather; and select 3-ounce bottles of Pork King Good Sour Cream & Onion seasoning products. Those impacted bottles have one of three lot number and best-by date combinations, according to the recall notice:
329-5, 5/30/2027
004-6, 6/30/2027
029-6, 6/30/2027
Also recalled because of the powder were several batches of sour cream and onion cheese curds sold only in New York, select pita chips sold at Giant Eagle stores in five states, a specific lot of sour cream and onion popcorn seasoning, multiple products containing a white cheddar seasoning, and a parmesan ranch seasoning product sold at Walmart stores nationwide.
It isn’t just human food that has been recalled this month. A raw dog food produced by Albright’s was pulled from store shelves over potential salmonella contamination. The recall notice said the potential contamination was found during routine sampling.
A previously issued recall for certain Spring & Mulberry chocolate bars was expanded after “a comprehensive root cause investigation” found “a single lot of date ingredient used in the production of the company’s chocolate as the most likely source of contamination.” The newest chocolate bars to be recalled can be reviewed here.
