More recalls at Wal-Mart

               In May 2010, alfalfa sprouts sold to over 400 Wal-Mart stores in 15 states have been recalled because they were contaminated with salmonella. The sprouts were sold raw by Caldwell Fresh Foods to Wal-Marts in Alabama, California, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon and Wisconsin, the company said. The Centers for Disease Control said that the sprouts had sickened 22 people in 10 states and a baby located in Oregon. The rest of the eleven were from California. Besides Wal-Marts, the sprouts were also sold to restaurants, deli’s and nationwide retailers. Caldwell Fresh Foods did not comment on the situation and they did not answer the company phone.

               The Oregon Department of Human Services announced the first outbreak and reported that the sprouts were sold in 18 states in South, Midwest and West. Two people were also sickened in Nevada and two in Wisconsin. The CDC said that one person each became ill in Arizona, Oregon, Idaho, Illinois, Missouri, New Mexico and Colorado. The sicknesses began between March 1 and May 2 and six people were reported to be hospitalized. The spokeswoman for Wal-Mart Caren Epstein said that the sprouts were removed from the stores as soon as their was knowledge of the contaminated produce. She reported that 75 in Illinois, 56 in Georgia and 47 Wal-Marts in Louisiana purchased the sprouts and the rest of the stores included 12 other states.