Alfalfa Sprout Outbreak Linked To Food-Poisoning In 15 States

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The CDC says a multi-state outbreak involving salmonella and multiple E. coli strains has sickened 55 people across 15 states, including four hospitalizations, tied to alfalfa sprouts from Minnesota grower Everything Sprouts. Of 34 people interviewed, 26 reported eating the sprouts, sold under the Calco and Everything Sprouts brands.

The company has not issued a recall, the FDA said. A year earlier the FDA sent Everything Sprouts a warning letter after inspectors found a leaking roof dripping water onto both the sprouts and workers' smocks.

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A documented leaking roof over the product and the workers alike, followed a year later by a multi-state outbreak and still no recall, is less a food safety mystery than a maintenance request nobody filed. The company's silence to reporters fits the pattern.

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