{"id":105,"date":"2026-08-27T00:00:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T00:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/?p=105"},"modified":"2026-08-27T00:00:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T00:00:31","slug":"at-least-55-sickened-in-salmonella-e-coli-outbreak-linked-to-alfalfa-sprouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/?p=105","title":{"rendered":"At least 55 sickened in salmonella, E. coli outbreak linked to alfalfa sprouts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2026-08-21\/Getty_FDA_082126.jpg\" alt><figcaption>A sign for the Food And Drug Administration is seen outside of the headquarters on July 20, 2020 in White Oak, Maryland. (Photo by Sarah Silbiger\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>(NEW YORK) &#8212; At least 55 people have been sickened in a salmonella and E. coli outbreak linked to alfalfa sprouts in 15 states, health officials said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>At least 4 people have been hospitalized.<\/p>\n<p>The Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have posted an official outbreak notice on their websites.<\/p>\n<p>Forty-six people were infected with E. coli, seven people were infected with salmonella and two individuals were infected with both salmonella and E. coli, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Illnesses started on dates ranging from May 31 to Aug. 8, officials said. The true number of people sick is likely higher than the numbers reported.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The illnesses have been linked to eating alfalfa sprouts produced by Everything Sprouts, a Minnesota grower, and sold under the Calco and Everything Sprouts brands to restaurants and grocery stores,&#8221; Minnesota&#8217;s Department of Health said in a statement. &#8220;Health officials recommend people check for alfalfa sprouts from Calco or Everything Sprouts, not eat them, and throw them away.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On Aug. 19, the FDA initiated an inspection and sample collection at Everything Sprouts, recommending the company conduct a recall. The FDA is warning consumers and retailers not to eat or serve the contaminated products.<\/p>\n<p>The FDA had warned Everything Sprouts last year of &#8220;serious violations&#8221; following an inspection the agency had conducted at its facility. Inspectors determined the company had &#8220;insanitary conditions whereby [produce] may have become contaminated with filth, or whereby they may have been rendered injurious to heath.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>FDA inspectors said they had found multiple problems, including roof leaks with water dripping onto produce and clean employee smocks. There was also &#8220;build-up of black organic matter\u201d on a hose of the overhead irrigation system for produce, inspectors said.<\/p>\n<p>ABC News has reached out to Everything Sprouts for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sign for the Food And Drug Administration is seen outside of the headquarters on July 20, 2020 in White Oak, Maryland. (Photo by Sarah Silbiger\/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) &#8212; At least 55 people have been sickened in a salmonella and E. coli outbreak linked to alfalfa sprouts in 15 states, health officials said Friday. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":289,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}