The Seed Lot Behind the Alfalfa Sprout Outbreak Was Sold at Retail in 44 States, and the Small Bags Carry No Lot Code. It Is the Sixth Sprout Recall in a Month, and FDA’s Advisory Still Names No Supplier. And FDA’s Table Added 65 Sick People with No Food Named: 25 With E. coli O157:H7 and 40 With Listeria.

The Seed Lot Behind the Alfalfa Sprout Outbreak Was Sold at Retail in 44 States, and the Small Bags Carry No Lot Code. It Is the Sixth Sprout Recall in a Month, and FDA’s Advisory Still Names No Supplier. And FDA’s Table Added 65 Sick People with No Food Named: 25 With E. coli O157:H7 and 40 With Listeria.

Berlin Seeds of Millersburg, Ohio, recalled 950 pounds of alfalfa sprouting seed on Wednesday, and FDA posted the notice the same day. The seed is from lot SAL2-24JB, the lot International Sprout Holdings of Cookeville, Tennessee, began recalling on August...
Weekend Wrap-Up: FDA Confirmed the Sprout Seed Recall and Still Did Not Say Who Sold the Seed. Washington Counts 27 Sick in the Broccoli Sprout Outbreak Where CDC Counts 22. And CDC Stopped Counting Cyclospora Weekly at 19,883.

Weekend Wrap-Up: FDA Confirmed the Sprout Seed Recall and Still Did Not Say Who Sold the Seed. Washington Counts 27 Sick in the Broccoli Sprout Outbreak Where CDC Counts 22. And CDC Stopped Counting Cyclospora Weekly at 19,883.

Saturday, September 19, 2026This is the eleventh Saturday column. Last Saturday’s edition ran under the headline CDC Closed the Largest Cyclospora Outbreak in American History at 12,883 Sick; its point was that closed is not the same as...