In 2025, CDC, FDA and public health and regulatory officials in several states investigated an outbreak of Salmonella Telekebir infections. As of December 23, 2025, 64 people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella had been reported from 22 states. Illnesses started on dates ranging from June 21, 2025 to November 28, 2025. Of 44 people with information available, 20 had been hospitalized. No deaths were reported.

State and local public health officials are interviewing people about the foods they ate in the week before they got sick. Of the 27 people interviewed, 20 (74%) reported eating raw oysters. This percentage was significantly higher than the 1.6% of respondents who reported eating raw oysters in the FoodNet Population Survey—a survey that helps estimate how often people eat various foods linked to diarrheal illness. This difference suggests that people in this outbreak got sick from eating raw oysters.