FDA: Do Not Eat Evergreen Produce Brand Alfalfa Sprouts Or Spicy Sprouts

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2011.  Sprouts may contain Salmonella Enteritidis; pathogen different from the one in European outbreak

Fast Facts

• The FDA is warning consumers not to eat alfalfa sprouts or spicy sprouts from plastic bags labeled “Evergreen Produce” or “Evergreen Produce Inc.”
• The sprouts are possibly linked to 20 reported cases, including one hospitalization, of Salmonella Enteritidis in Idaho, Montana, New Jersey, North Dakota and Washington State.
• The elderly, infants and those with impaired…