Posts Tagged: alfalfa sprouts

Circumstantial evidence implicates alfalfa sprouts

By Matthew Blake | Dec 28 2010 at 11:58 | Your take

The Food and Drug Administration has issued a consumer warning that alfalfa sprouts grown on the Urbana, Illinois organic farm Tiny Greens are linked to salmonella. However, Monica Eng of the Chicago Tribune reports that not one of the Tiny Greens sprouts the FDA and Illinois Department of Public Health tested showed salmonella contamination. (more…)

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FDA steps in again to stop salmonella

By Marc Albert | May 24 2010 at 14:12 | Your take

The Food and Drug Administration has ordered a recall of California-grown alfalfa sprouts linked to a new outbreak of salmonella. According to April Fulton of National Public Radio, the sprouts have left 22 people sick in 10 states. (more…)

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