A recall of frozen fruits and vegetables from a salmonella outbreak has gotten worse, as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced an expanded list of affected foods on Wednesday.
A recall that began in July has expanded, and Chetak LLC Group has added dozens more frozen vegetables and fruit products under its Deep brand to the recall list. The frozen foods are linked to a salmonella outbreak that has sickened 11 people in 10 states, including the hospitalizations of four people.
WHAT PRODUCTS AND BRANDS ARE AFFECTED?
The latest recall affects more than 60 different Deep frozen foods that Chetak said were run on the same equipment as those products that salmonella was detected in previously.
“Out of an abundance of caution and given our commitment to public health and safety, Chetak has decided to expand its [voluntary] recall,” the company said in a notification to customers.
In July and August, Chetak recalled multiple lots of different frozen foods and urged retailers and consumers not to eat, sell, or serve the products.
In total, Chetak has recalled about 70 products in the past two months after multiple people became sick with salmonella between October 2024 and June 2025. Several of the illnesses were linked to people eating frozen sprouted mat (moth) beans and frozen sprouted moong beans.
Several different lots of the dozens of products are affected and they were sold nationwide at a variety of stores and online.
EXTENT OF THE OUTBREAK
This salmonella outbreak has been going on for nearly a year, as illnesses were reported as early as October 2024. Illnesses have been reported by people in Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and Washington.
Four people have been hospitalized as a result of this outbreak, though no deaths have been reported.
If you feel like you’ve been hearing a lot about salmonella lately, you have: The frozen foods recall is one of a few that have recently been linked to an outbreak.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced today that certain Metabolic Meals home delivery foods were linked to a salmonella outbreak that has sickened 16 people in 10 states.
Last month, the CDC announced that nearly 100 people have become ill in a salmonella outbreak that’s been linked to recalled eggs.
SALMONELLA SYMPTOMS
Symptoms of salmonella illness include diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps, with illness typically occurring within 12 to 72 hours of eating contaminated food.
Salmonella infections are the most frequently reported cause of food-bourne illness in the U.S., according to the Department of Agriculture. Each year, some 1.4 million people become ill and 400 people die from salmonella infections.
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