Everything Sprouts, LLC of Minneapolis recalled alfalfa sprouts sold under the Calco and Everything Sprouts brands on August 22, 2026, after federal and state investigators tied the product to 55 illnesses in 15 states. Four people have been hospitalized and no one has died, according to CDC’s outbreak alert as last updated on August 24, 2026. The recalled sprouts carry lot numbers 222, 223, 225, 226 and 230, and they left the plant between May 27 and August 21. If you have a container in your refrigerator, do not eat it.
The recall covers five lot codes, and the same alfalfa went into two mixed-sprout cups.
The recalled alfalfa is packaged in individual 5-ounce plastic containers carrying bar codes 860014523113, 860014523120 and 850079470149. The same alfalfa sprouts were also used as an ingredient in two other products, which is the part of this recall people are most likely to miss. Check the cups, not just the clamshells.
| Product | Package | Lot numbers |
| Alfalfa Sprouts (Everything Sprouts and Calco brands) | 5 oz plastic container | 222, 223, 225, 226, 230 |
| Zesty Garlic Mix | 5 oz cup | 222, 223, 225, 226, 230 |
| Crunchy Protein Sprout Mix | 5 oz cup | 222, 223, 226, 230 |
Source: Everything Sprouts, LLC recall announcement posted by FDA on August 22, 2026, retrieved August 27, 2026. Check: fourteen lot entries across three products. Lot 225 appears on the alfalfa and the Zesty Garlic Mix but not on the Crunchy Protein Sprout Mix, which is the only line of the three that does not carry all five.
The recalled sprouts shipped for nearly three months, and the only two states named are Minnesota and Wisconsin.
The company says the product went out from May 27, 2026 to August 21, 2026, to wholesale distributors and grocery stores in Minnesota and Wisconsin. FDA’s outbreak advisory adds that it is still working out whether the product was distributed further, and it tells retailers who bought in bulk and repackaged to pull the product as well. Product sold to restaurants should no longer be in service. Anyone who bought sprouts loose or repacked from a deli case will not have a lot code to check, and the answer there is the same as if the code were worn off: throw it out.
Fifteen states have reported illnesses, but that is a list of where sick people live, not a list of where the sprouts went. A case counted in Washington may belong to someone who ate lunch in Minneapolis. The residence list undercounts every state where product arrived and nobody happened to be tested.
Fifty-five people are sick, and two of them are carrying Salmonella and E. coli at the same time.
CDC’s case count stands at 55 people in 15 states, with 4 hospitalized and no deaths, and onsets running from May 31 through August 8, 2026. Of the 55, 46 were infected with E. coli alone, 7 with Salmonella alone, and 2 with both. That adds to 55.
Four organisms have been named in one product: Salmonella Agona and three separate Shiga toxin-producing serogroups, E. coli O26:H11, E. coli O103:H25 and E. coli O168:H8. Minnesota’s own announcement counts 23 residents ill between July 8 and August 8; CDC’s national map puts Minnesota at 21, and Wisconsin reports 17. Use whichever number belongs to the agency you are citing, and do not stack state totals on top of the national count.
Symptoms differ by organism, and the ones that matter most start later than people expect.
A Shiga toxin infection usually brings stomach cramps and diarrhea, often bloody, with little or no fever. Illness typically begins two to five days after exposure, though the range runs from one to eight days, and most people recover in five to seven. The serious complication is hemolytic uremic syndrome, a form of acute kidney failure that most often strikes children under five, and it tends to arrive about a week after the diarrhea starts, sometimes just as the patient seems to be turning the corner.
A Salmonella infection brings diarrhea, abdominal pain and fever, usually starting 12 to 96 hours after exposure but occasionally as long as two weeks out. Most cases clear in five to seven days. Minnesota puts the hospitalization rate for laboratory-confirmed cases at roughly 28 percent.
Do not let anyone put a Shiga toxin patient on antibiotics.
This is the single most important sentence in the Minnesota release and it deserves its own heading. Diarrhea from a Shiga toxin-producing E. coli infection generally should not be treated with antibiotics, because antibiotics can promote the development of hemolytic uremic syndrome. Anti-motility drugs are a bad idea for the same reason. If you or your child has bloody diarrhea after eating these sprouts, say so to the treating physician, ask for a stool culture, and make sure the sprouts are mentioned by name.
FDA warned this grower in March 2025 and did not go back until people were sick.
FDA issued Everything Sprouts a warning letter on March 28, 2025, following an inspection that ran from late October into November 2024. It cited roof and condensate leaks dripping onto exposed sprouts and unclean food-contact surfaces, and it noted that dripping condenser units had also been observed at the same facility in 2018 and 2023 under different ownership. FDA twice said it would evaluate the corrective actions at its next inspection. The next inspection began on August 19, 2026, two days before the last recalled lot shipped, and it began because people were already in the hospital. I have written separately about what that letter does and does not cover, and about why four organisms in one product points at the seed rather than at the room.
Three questions people are asking today.
I have a container of alfalfa sprouts and the lot number is smudged or gone. What do I do? Throw it away. Sprouts have a shelf life measured in days, the recalled lots shipped as recently as August 21, and there is no version of this where guessing is worth it. Then wash and sanitize the drawer, the shelf and anything the package touched.
I ate these sprouts two weeks ago and I feel fine. Do I need to do anything? No. The outside edge of the incubation period for these organisms is about eight days for Shiga toxin and about two weeks for Salmonella. If you are well, you are past it. Watch for symptoms only if you ate them more recently.
I am sick. What should I ask for? Ask your provider for a stool culture, not just a rapid panel, and ask that the isolate be kept. Whole genome sequencing is what connects one person’s illness to an outbreak strain, and isolates are routinely discarded. Tell the clinic you ate recalled Calco or Everything Sprouts alfalfa sprouts, and give them the lot number if you still have the package.