Each summer, the invisible vulnerabilities of a vast food system have a way of making themselves known — not through headlines alone, but through the quiet suffering of ordinary people who trusted what was on their plate. This season, alfalfa sprouts distributed by Everything Sprouts became the vehicle for a dual pathogen outbreak, carrying three strains of E. coli and one of salmonella across 15 states and into the lives of 55 Americans. The CDC and FDA have joined state health officials in tracing the contamination, while the deeper question — how a raw, widely distributed food became a mult
E. coli and salmonella outbreak tied to alfalfa sprouts sickens 55 across 15 states
55 people sickened across 15 states with four hospitalizations; no deaths reported as of publication.