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# Sprouts Recalled Due to Listeria Risk
- URL: https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2012/04/alfalfa-sprouts-recalled-due-to-listeria-risk/
- Published: 2012-04-27T01:59:06.000Z
- Updated: 2012-04-27T01:59:06.000Z
- Author: News Desk
- Tags: Recalls, Listeria, recall, sprouts, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-25 08:58

Approximately 100 pounds of Springwater Sprouts brand Organic Alfalfa Sprouts and 3# Bulk Clover Sprouts are being recalled because of possible contamination of Listeria monocytogenes.

![Sprout_Front_412.jpg](http://www.foodsafetynews.com/assets_c/2012/04/Sprout_Front_412-thumb-240x180-14309.jpg)

The sprouts, distributed by Alfa Sprouts Inc. of Honeoye Falls, NY, come in two packages:

> – Clear clam shell packages containing 4 oz. Organic Alfalfa Sprouts with a sell-by date of 4/28/2012\. Distributed in New York State:  
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> UPC Code 688267047411  
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> UPC Code 042891000523  
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> – 3# Bulk containers of Clover Sprouts with a production code of P93\. Distributed to institutional accounts in Upstate New York.  
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The Listeria contamination was discovered after sampling by New York State Department of Agriculture inspectors and analysis by the New York State Food Laboratory.