{"id":821252,"date":"2026-08-21T18:18:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T18:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/821252\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T18:18:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T18:18:17","slug":"alfalfa-sprouts-linked-to-reported-illnesses-from-2-different-bacteria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/821252\/","title":{"rendered":"Alfalfa sprouts linked to reported illnesses from 2 different bacteria"},"content":{"rendered":"

Minnesota health officials are warning consumers not to eat certain brands of alfalfa sprouts that have been tied to an unusual outbreak involving different disease-causing bacteria.<\/p>\n

Officials say 23 people in Minnesota have become ill with either E. coli <\/a>or salmonella infections<\/a>, with two of them hospitalized.<\/p>\n

Three had salmonella, and one of them also had a strain of E. coli bacteria called STEC O168:H8. Seven other people were sickened with a different version of E. coli, called STEC O103:H25<\/a>. Thirteen more had yet another strain, STEC O26:H11.<\/p>\n

Wisconsin investigators have identified another 18 cases of illness tied to alfalfa sprouts, Minnesota officials said.<\/p>\n

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The illnesses are being linked to alfalfa sprouts produced by Everything Sprouts, a Minnesota grower, and sold under the Calco and Everything Sprouts brands to restaurants and grocery stores, Minnesota officials said.<\/p>\n

Minnesota investigators say they are working with Wisconsin and federal health officials to pinpoint the source and scope of contamination.<\/p>\n

Food poisoning outbreaks tend to be defined by one type of germ.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very unusual to have two bugs,\u201d said Bill Marler, a Seattle lawyer who has worked on food safety cases for decades.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s not surprising that alfalfa sprouts might be the culprit, he added. It\u2019s easy for the seeds to harbor contaminants, it\u2019s difficult to clean them, and it\u2019s easy for contaminants to spread when they are grown in warm water, Marler said.<\/p>\n

Shiga toxin-producing E. coli \u2014 or STEC \u2014 can cause stomach cramps and bloody diarrhea. Infections can lead to hemolytic uremic syndrome, a severe complication that involves acute kidney failure and other severe problems.<\/p>\n

Salmonella poisoning can cause diarrhea, fever, severe vomiting, dehydration and stomach cramps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Minnesota health officials are warning consumers not to eat certain brands of alfalfa sprouts that have been tied…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":821253,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[28],"class_list":["post-821252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=821252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/821253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=821252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=821252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=821252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}