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Herbs

Public Health Trace tracks Cilantro for recalls and outbreaks reported by CDC, FDA, and USDA. Safe-handling guidance for cilantro should come from an authoritative source such as FoodSafety.gov, not this page - Public Health Trace summarizes recall and outbreak records, it does not publish handling advice itself.

Food-to-recall linking is still in progress

This page prioritizes outbreak investigations, which are reliably linked to Cilantro. Recall records aren't yet reliably matched to specific foods, so the recall section further down may be incomplete even when Cilantro has real recalls on record.

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Historical outbreaks

Past outbreak investigations linked to Cilantro, newest first.

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Outbreaks with confirmed recalls Normalized match

These outbreaks are matched to Cilantro through a real food-catalog link, not text search. Recalls listed under an outbreak have been explicitly confirmed as connected to it -- see our methodology for how a recall is confirmed to an outbreak.

No recall has been confirmed to this specific outbreak yet.

No recall has been confirmed to this specific outbreak yet.

No recall has been confirmed to this specific outbreak yet.

No recall has been confirmed to this specific outbreak yet.

No recall has been confirmed to this specific outbreak yet.

No recall has been confirmed to this specific outbreak yet.

No recall has been confirmed to this specific outbreak yet.

No recall has been confirmed to this specific outbreak yet.

No recall has been confirmed to this specific outbreak yet.

No recall has been confirmed to this specific outbreak yet.

States involved

States affected by recalls and outbreaks

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Shading reflects state-level totals only, as published by the source. It does not imply county-level or point-level precision.

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States affected by recalls and outbreaks
State Mentions
Illinois 24
California 16
Texas 13
Washington 12
Oregon 10
New Jersey 9
New York 9
Pennsylvania 8
Maryland 8
Michigan 7
Virginia 7
Florida 7
Georgia 6
Montana 6
Idaho 6
Nevada 5
Utah 5
Ohio 5
Tennessee 5
Arizona 4
Colorado 4
Indiana 4
Massachusetts 4
Minnesota 4
Connecticut 4
South Dakota 3
North Carolina 2
New Mexico 2
South Carolina 2
Wyoming 2
District of Columbia 2
Kentucky 2
West Virginia 2
Maine 2
Alabama 2
Alaska 1
Louisiana 1
New Hampshire 1
Delaware 1
Missouri 1
Rhode Island 1
Mississippi 1
Kansas 1
Wisconsin 1
Nebraska 1

Outbreak trends

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Outbreaks reported by month (Year to date)

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Summary (Year to date)

  • 0 outbreaks have been reported year to date.
  • The highest complete period was Jan 2026 (0).
  • Sep 2026 is incomplete and not included in the figures above.
  • Complete data
  • Incomplete

Associated diseases

Recall records linked to Cilantro Beta matching

FDA Recall United States Terminated 2026 recordClass III

Albertsons Companies LLC

Product
UPC 23070400000 SHRIMP SKEWER MEDIUM RAW CILANTRO LIME Th…
Reason
Contains statement does not declare Shrimp.
Published
June 10, 2026
Distribution
Nationwide

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FDA Recall United States Terminated 2026 recordClass II

Albertsons Companies LLC

Product
UPC 23168600000 SHRIMP 41-50 P&D With CILANTRO LIME MARINADE…
Reason
Contains statement does not declare Shrimp and Anchovy
Published
June 10, 2026
Distribution
Nationwide

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FDA Recall United States Ongoing Historical recordClass II

Itacate Foods LLC

Product
CAMPSITE LENTEJAS Hearty lentil soup with a tomato and cilan…
Reason
Undeclared Yellow #5 and Yellow #6.
Published
September 24, 2025
Distribution
U.S. consignees: AK, AZ, CA, CO, GA, IL,…

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FDA Recall United States Terminated Historical recordClass II

UNFI General Corporate

Product
1. USA OG2 BNCH CILANTRO
Reason
May be contaminated with fluid from a reach truck
Published
July 16, 2025
Distribution
Multiple states

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FDA Recall United States Terminated Historical recordClass II

Mexquisite, Inc.

Product
Salsa Cilantro 8.5lb plastic jugs packaged 4 jugs to case.…
Reason
Potential foreign object contamination
Published
June 11, 2025
Distribution
Texas and California

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FDA Recall United States Terminated Historical recordClass II

MegaMex Foods LLC

Product
La Victoria Cilantro Salsa; Med; Net Wt 15.5 OZ; UPC# 0 7210…
Reason
Firm's salsa product was potentially manufactured with a recalled ingredient (Fresh Cilantro containing foreign objects "wood pieces")
Published
May 7, 2025
Distribution
Product was distributed to 9 consignees…

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Appearing in past recalls does not mean cilantro is inherently unsafe - it means Public Health Trace found published recall or outbreak records mentioning it. For safe-handling guidance, see FoodSafety.gov. Read the full medical disclaimer.