Alfalfa sprouts recalled after E. coli, salmonella outbreak sickens dozens

An outbreak of E. coli and salmonella that has sickened dozens of people across 15 states has been linked to an alfalfa grower in Minnesota, federal health officials said Friday.

A food-poisoning outbreak linked to alfalfa sprouts has sickened 55 people in 15 U.S. states, with salmonella and E. coli infections reported.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Friday that alfalfa sprouts are linked to a current E. coli and salmonella outbreak. The agency has tied several foodborne illness cases to the consumption of alfalfa sold under the Calco and Everything Sprouts brands, also urging Americans who have purchased th

Fifty-five people, mostly in Minnesota and Wisconsin, have been sickened by alfalfa sprouts contaminated with E. coli and salmonella, officials say.

On Friday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the agency is aware of 55 cases nationally, including four people who have been hospitalized

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At least 41 people have been sickened in a Salmonella and E. coli outbreak linked to sprouts in Minnesota and Wisconsin, health officials in the two states said.

Health officials are warning consumers not to eat certain brands of alfalfa sprouts that have been linked to an unusual outbreak involving different disease-causing bacteria.

At least 41 people in Minnesota and Wisconsin have been sickened, with 3 hospitalized, after eating alfalfa sprouts sold under 2 brand names

Twenty-three E. coli and salmonella illnesses in Minnesota were linked to produce grown by Everything Sprouts and sold under the Calco and Everything Sprouts brands.

Angela Ponce/REUTERS The FDA has given GreenWise Organic frozen blueberries and whole mixed berries the FDA’s highest-risk classification after 12 people fell ill and four were hospitalized. The illnesses occurred in Florida and Georgia between May 11 and June 5. The recall has been issued in eight Southern states that