--- title: "LEASA Alfalfa Sprouts Recalled for E. coli in the Seed: 4-Ounce and 6-Ounce Clamshells, Expiration Dates September 4 to 18, from a Miami Grower, as 76 People in 16 States Are Sick in the Alfalfa Sprout Outbreak" date: 2026-10-05T14:33:34-07:00 author: Bill Marler canonical_url: "https://marlerclark.com/news_events/leasa-alfalfa-sprouts-recalled-for-e-coli-in-the-seed-4-ounce-and-6-ounce-clamshells-expiration-dates-september-4-to-18-from-a-miami-grower-as-76-people-in-16-states-are-sick-in-the-alf" section: News --- [All News](/news_events) / # LEASA Alfalfa Sprouts Recalled for E. coli in the Seed: 4-Ounce and 6-Ounce Clamshells, Expiration Dates September 4 to 18, from a Miami Grower, as 76 People in 16 States Are Sick in the Alfalfa Sprout Outbreak ![](https://www.ecoliblog.com/files/2021/07/e.-coli-illustration-600x342-1.jpg)As of October 5, 2026, LEASA Industries Co., Inc. of Miami, Florida has recalled its LEASA Living Alfalfa Sprouts (4-ounce clamshells) and LEASA Alfalfa Sprouts (6-ounce clamshells) with expiration dates of September 4, 8, 10, 15, 17 and 18, 2026, “due to possible *E. coli* contamination of the seeds.” The recall appeared in [FDA’s Enforcement Report](https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/?Event=99951) on October 3. It comes as [CDC counts 76 people sick](https://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/outbreaks/alfalfa-sprouts-08-26/index.html) in 16 states, six hospitalized and none dead, in a multistate *E. coli* and *Salmonella* outbreak traced to one lot of alfalfa sprout seed. No agency has said whether the LEASA recall is part of that outbreak. **The recall covers two products and six expiration dates.** The recalled sprouts are LEASA Living Alfalfa Sprouts in 4-ounce clear clamshell containers and LEASA Alfalfa Sprouts in 6-ounce clear clamshell containers. The expiration dates are September 4, September 8, September 10, September 15, September 17 and September 18, 2026. Phyllis Entis reported the entry in her [October 3 recall roundup](https://efoodalert.com/2026/10/03/recalls-and-alerts-october-3-2026/). The entry does not list the states or stores that received the sprouts, the number of containers shipped, or any illnesses. FDA has posted no company announcement on [its recall page](https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts), and [leasa.com](https://www.leasa.com/) carries no recall notice. LEASA sprouts have historically been sold through grocery chains in Florida and neighboring Southeastern states. **Every expiration date has passed, so the question is whether you ate them.** The newest sprouts in the recall expired on September 18, more than two weeks before the recall was posted. If you still have a LEASA alfalfa sprout container in your refrigerator with one of these dates, throw it out. If you ate LEASA alfalfa sprouts in late August or September and became sick with diarrhea and stomach cramps, that is the information your doctor and your county health department need. **FDA says the outbreak seed lot went to Florida and to a second grower it has not named.** [FDA’s outbreak advisory](https://www.fda.gov/food/outbreaks-foodborne-illness/outbreak-investigation-shiga-toxin-producing-e-coli-salmonella-sprouts-august-2026), current as of October 1, says the recalled alfalfa seed lot SAL2-24JB was shipped to sprout growers and distributors in 16 states, Florida among them, and that “FDA’s traceback investigation has identified at least one additional sprout grower who received and used the same lot of alfalfa sprout seeds.” That grower has not been named. The advisory names only Everything Sprouts of Minneapolis, whose Everything Sprouts and Calco brand alfalfa sprouts were recalled on August 22, and Berlin Seeds of Ohio, which recalled sprouting seed from the lot on September 23. Two of the 76 sick people live in Florida. Nothing on any agency page connects LEASA to the lot, and nothing rules it out. ***E. coli* symptoms start about three to four days after eating contaminated food.** Shiga toxin-producing *E. coli* causes severe stomach cramps and diarrhea that is often bloody, sometimes with vomiting or a low fever, usually beginning three to four days after exposure and occasionally as long as ten days later. Most people recover within a week. [CDC advises](https://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/signs-symptoms/index.html) calling a doctor for diarrhea or vomiting that lasts more than two days, blood in the stool, a fever above 102°F, or signs of dehydration such as very little urination and dizziness on standing. Ask for a stool culture that tests for Shiga toxin; a confirmed case is what links an illness to an outbreak. Do not take antibiotics or anti-diarrheal medicine for a suspected *E. coli* infection unless a doctor tells you to, because both can raise the risk of hemolytic uremic syndrome. **Children are the ones who develop kidney failure.** About five to ten percent of people with a Shiga toxin-producing *E. coli* infection, most of them young children, develop hemolytic uremic syndrome, or HUS, in which the toxin destroys red blood cells and shuts down the kidneys. Warning signs are decreased urination, pale skin, unusual tiredness and easy bruising, usually a week after the diarrhea begins. HUS is a medical emergency. In this year’s other raw-product *E. coli* outbreak, the Graziers raw milk cheese outbreak, three of thirteen patients developed HUS and more than half were five or younger; the [E. coli Blog has covered that outbreak](https://www.ecoliblog.com/e-coli-information/e-coli-o26-outbreak-13-sick-in-california-nevada-colorado-georgia-kentucky-michigan-oregon-tennessee-and-utah-8-hospitalized-3-with-hus/) since September 26. **This is the seventh recall tied to one alfalfa seed lot since August 22.** The chain runs from Everything Sprouts (August 22 and 28), to the seed supplier’s recall of the 43,799-pound lot (August 23, entered in the Enforcement Report and never announced), to Todd’s Seeds of Tennessee (September 15 on [its own website](https://seeds.toddsseeds.com/food-recall-notice/), and again on October 2 for 37,481 units sold on Amazon), to [Berlin Seeds](https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/berlin-seeds-recalls-alfalfa-sprouting-seed-because-possible-health-risk)(September 23, 950 pounds sold in 44 states), and now to LEASA. Bill Marler’s [Marler Blog post of September 23](https://www.marlerblog.com/case-news/the-seed-lot-behind-the-alfalfa-sprout-outbreak-was-sold-at-retail-in-44-states-and-the-small-bags-carry-no-lot-code-it-is-the-sixth-sprout-recall-in-a-month-and-fdas-advisory-still-names/) and [Food Poison Journal’s October 1 post](https://www.foodpoisonjournal.com/food-poisoning-information/seventy-six-people-in-sixteen-states-are-sick-with-e-coli-or-salmonella-traced-to-one-lot-of-alfalfa-sprout-seed-seventy-two-of-them-were-already-sick-before-the-public-was-told/) carry the state-by-state counts and the full recall history. **I ate LEASA alfalfa sprouts in September and I am sick. What should I do?** See a doctor and say that you ate recalled alfalfa sprouts. Ask for a stool test that includes Shiga toxin-producing *E. coli* and *Salmonella*. Keep any receipt or packaging. Report the illness to your county health department, which is how cases get counted and how the outbreak gets solved. **Is it safe to eat other brands of alfalfa sprouts right now?** FDA and CDC say not to eat, sell or serve the recalled Everything Sprouts and Calco brand sprouts, and the seed lot behind the outbreak reached growers in 16 states who have not all been named. Children, older adults, pregnant women and anyone with a weakened immune system should not eat raw sprouts of any brand. 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