Class I · Recall · initiated August 23, 2026 · Ongoing
International Sprout Holdings recalls 43,799 lbs of alfalfa seed, lot SAL2-24JB, the lot in the 2026 sprout outbreak
International Sprout Holdings, Inc. of Cookeville, TN, trading as International Specialty Supply, recalled 43,799 lbs of alfalfa seed in 50 lb bags, lot SAL2-24JB, for potential E. coli and Salmonella contamination. Class I, firm initiated August 23, 2026, classified September 14. Distributed to wholesale consignees in 16 states, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Tahiti and Venezuela.
The record
- Firm
- International Sprout Holdings, Inc, Cookeville, TN
- Product
- Alfalfa, Net Weight 50 lbs. bag, Product of USA, International Specialty Supply 1011 Volunteer Dr. Cookeville, TN 38506
- Reason, as filed
- “Potential E. coli and Salmonella contamination”
- Classification
- Class I (Class I: reasonable probability of serious health consequences or death)
- Recall number
- H-1341-2026
- Initiated
- August 23, 2026
- Posted by FDA
- September 16, 2026
- Status
- Ongoing · Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Quantity
- 43,799 lbs.
- Distribution
- Wholesale consignees in 16 states: CA, FL, HI, IL, MA, MN, MO, MT, NY, OH, OR, PA, TN, SC, TX, UT; Puerto Rico; Canada, Mexico, Tahiti, and Venezuela
Verify: search any recall number above in FDA's enforcement report database.
Why it happened, in plain English
The enforcement record gives the reason as potential E. coli and Salmonella contamination and the lot as ISS Lot # SAL2-24JB. FDA’s outbreak page (updated September 15, 2026) states that alfalfa sprouts grown by Everything Sprouts, LLC of Minneapolis are one of the sources of illnesses in a multistate outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli and Salmonella, that FDA’s traceback identified at least one additional sprout grower who received and used the same seed lot, and that the seed supplier to Everything Sprouts agreed to initiate a recall of the lot. CDC (September 1): 55 ill, 4 hospitalized, no deaths, 15 states.
Everything Sprouts recalled alfalfa sprouts on August 22 (lots 222, 223, 225, 226, 230; Minnesota and Wisconsin; sold May 27 to August 21) and Robust Radish Mix on August 28. Berlin Seeds of Millersburg, OH recalled alfalfa sprouting seed on September 23; its 5 lb and 50 lb bags carry lot code SAL2-24JB; sold February 13 to August 23 to customers in 44 states; Berlin Seeds reports one illness connected to the seed.
Who else should care
FDA’s instruction on the outbreak page: any sprout grower or distributor that received the recalled alfalfa seed lot should not use or distribute the seed or any sprouts grown from it. The enforcement record lists 16 states and four countries of wholesale distribution; the downstream recipients other than Everything Sprouts and Berlin Seeds are not named in the public record as of this writing.
Related actions
Written 2026-09-23. Analysis is editorial; the record above is FDA's.