Primary-source library

Official food poisoning and recall sources

Use these government sources to check symptoms, active investigations, recalls, and the agencies' methods. Public notices change as investigations develop, so save the notice and date you relied on.

Links go to the issuing agency, legislature, court material, or public medical source whenever one is available. Each page still explains what the source can and cannot establish in an individual claim.

Published August 23, 2026 · Last reviewed August 23, 2026

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Food poisoning symptoms
Symptoms, common incubation periods, possible complications, and signs that warrant medical attention.
Covers: symptoms · incubation · medical care
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Steps in a multistate foodborne outbreak investigation
How epidemiologic, traceback, and food or environmental evidence are combined during an investigation.
Covers: outbreak · traceback · laboratory evidence
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Recalls, market withdrawals, and safety alerts
FDA notices for foods and other regulated products.
Covers: FDA recalls · safety alerts
USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service
FSIS recalls and public health alerts
Recall and public-health notices for federally regulated meat, poultry, and egg products.
Covers: USDA recalls · meat · poultry
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Foodborne illness outbreak investigations
Current and completed FDA investigations involving foods under FDA jurisdiction.
Covers: FDA investigations · outbreaks

How sources are selected

We prefer statutes, regulations, issuing agencies, court material, and federal medical or safety sources. A commercial source is used only when it is the primary source for its own policy or product and is labeled accordingly.

Sources support factual background. They do not substitute for jurisdictional research, expert analysis, medical diagnosis, or review of the complete record. Broken links and materially changed guidance are corrected during page review.