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The CDC has been warning the public for years about the risk of eating sprouts because:
- Sprouts usually are eaten raw, with no additional treatment (i.e., cooking), which eliminates bacteria that can cause disease.
- Conditions required for sprout growing are ideal for rapid bacterial growth.
- Consumers may unknowingly be exposed to sprouts on sandwiches or salads purchased at restaurants and delicatessens.
Sprouts Recalls and Outbreaks
Evergreen Fresh Sprouts Broccoli Sprouts Recall and Salmonella Outbreak
Evergreen Fresh Sprouts recalled broccoli sprouts on September 4, 2026, after they were linked to a multistate Salmonella Bovismorbificans outbreak. As of September 24, officials had reported 32 illnesses in Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, Oregon, Utah and Washington. Three people had been hospitalized, and no deaths had been reported.
The recall covers broccoli sprouts packaged in plastic bags or clamshell containers with expiration dates of September 7, 9, 11, 14 and 16. Distribution was confirmed to grocery stores, restaurants and foodservice customers in Idaho, Montana and Washington, although the sprouts may have reached additional states.
Everything Sprouts and Calco E. coli / Salmonella Outbreak
In August 2026, Minnesota officials warned consumers not to eat alfalfa sprouts produced by Everything Sprouts and sold under the Everything Sprouts and Calco brand names. The sprouts have been linked to a multistate outbreak of STEC E. coli and Salmonella Agona infections. As of October 1, CDC reported 76 illnesses in 16 states, six hospitalizations and no deaths.
Everything Sprouts first posted a voluntary recall notice on August 21. On August 22, FDA published a more detailed recall announcement covering Everything Sprouts and Calco 5-ounce alfalfa sprouts in lots 222, 223, 225, 226 and 230, along with two Everything Sprouts sprout mixes made with affected alfalfa sprouts. The recall was later expanded to include certain lots of Robust Radish Sprout Mix. FDA has since traced illnesses to recalled alfalfa seed lot SAL2-24JB, which was supplied to Everything Sprouts and other sprout growers.
Jimmy John’s Sprouts Associated with Salmonella Illnesses in IL, MN, and WI
Ten people in Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin were sickened in a December 2017 outbreak of Salmonella Montevideo infections. The likely cause of this outbreak was eating raw sprouts, according to the CDC, and eight of the ten people, all sickened in Illinois and Wisconsin, reported eating at multiple Jimmy John’s restaurants. Of the eight people who ate at Jimmy John’s, all of them said that they ate raw sprouts on a sandwich from a Jimmy John’s restaurant in Illinois and Wisconsin. One person sickened in this outbreak ate raw sprouts purchased from a grocery store in Minnesota.
Sprouts Extraordinare Salmonella Outbreak
Thirty-six people in nine states were sickened in a 2016 outbreak of illnesses caused by Salmonella Reading (30), Salmonella Abony (1), and a combination of the two (5): Colorado (17), Kansas (9), Minnesota (1), Missouri (1), Nebraska (3), New York (1), Oregon (1), Texas (1), and Wyoming (2). The likely source of the infections was alfalfa sprouts supplied by Sprouts Extraordinare, according to the CDC. People became sick from May 21, 2016 to September 10, 2016. On August 5, 2016, Sprouts Extraordinaire recalled its alfalfa sprout products from the market due to possible Salmonella contamination. These products were sold in boxes labeled “5-lb Living Alfalfa.”