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Two recalls this week come down to a number you can check at home: one UPC on a bag of broccoli sprouts, and six lot codes on wellness vials.

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A Salmonella outbreak linked to sprouts has made 22 people sick in Idaho, Montana, Utah and Washington, two of them hospitalized, and Evergreen Fresh Sprouts, LLC is recalling 215 cases of broccoli sprouts carrying UPC 8 38796 00105 1 and five Use By dates from 9/07/26 to 9/16/26. Separately, Houston's Centric Compounding is recalling six lots of injectable Glutathione, Myer’s Cocktail and Tri-Immune Boost vials — shipped nationwide, including straight to patients' homes — after finding they were compounded with a Glutathione ingredient containing elevated endotoxin levels; the company has received nine reports of reactions. Both notices are company announcements posted by the FDA, and both ask for the same thing: match the code, and throw it out.

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Most recall news asks you to remember a brand. These two give you something better: a code printed on the thing itself. If either is in your house, the check takes ten seconds.

Broccoli sprouts: Idaho, Montana, Utah, Washington

The FDA's outbreak investigation, last updated September 9, reads: "Total Illnesses: 22 Hospitalizations: 2 Deaths: 0 Last Illness Onset: August 26, 2026 States with Cases: ID, MT, UT, WA."

The agency's case interviews point at one food. "Of the 19 people interviewed, all 19 (100%) reported eating sprouts and 17 (89%) reported specifically eating broccoli sprouts." A Montana state sample of the sprouts tested positive for Salmonella, and the recall followed.

What to check. Evergreen Fresh Sprouts, LLC "is recalling 215 cases (6/4oz bags per case) of Broccoli Sprouts." The recalled product has "UPC code 8 38796 00105 1, and have the Use By dates of 9/07/26, 9/09/26, 9/11/26, 9/14/26, and 9/16/26."

The company says the sprouts "were delivered to three distributors in WA between 8/24/26 and 9/2/26," and that it has "ceased the production and distribution of broccoli sprouts since 9/04/2026." Its instruction: "Consumers who have purchased affected Broccoli Sprouts are urged to immediately discard product."

Check more than the bag. The company's notice describes 4oz zip-lock bags. FDA's investigation page describes the sprouts as "packaged in plastic bags or plastic clam shell containers." If you bought broccoli sprouts in a clamshell in one of these states, the investigation page's wording is the one to go by.

Wellness injections: shipped nationwide

Centric Compounding of Houston "is voluntarily recalling 6 lots" of Glutathione 200mg/mL, Myer’s Cocktail and Tri-Immune Boost injectable vials. The notice says the products were "compounded with a Glutathione API containing elevated endotoxin levels."

Endotoxin in an injectable is not a quality nuisance. The notice lists the risks as "fevers, hypotension, inflammatory reactions, anaphylactic shock and death," and says the company "has received 9 reports of fever, chills, chest pain, nausea/vomiting, headache, and/or malaise."

What to check. The recalled lots are:

  • Glutathione: 062326:B, 070826:A, 072726:D
  • Myer’s Cocktail: 070226:D, 072126:A
  • Tri-Immune Boost: 071626:B

These vials were "distributed Nationwide to patients via home delivery and delivery to prescribers" — so the person holding one may be a patient, not a clinic. The instruction is to "stop using and discard any affected vials." The company's recall line is 833-777-6664.

Most of these lots are already past their beyond-use dates; the last one runs to 9/25/26. A vial past its date does not leave the medicine cabinet on its own, which is why the lot code matters more than the calendar.

What is not established

  • Both recall notices are company announcements. FDA publishes them but states that it "does not endorse either the product or the company." The outbreak investigation page is FDA's own.
  • The two sprouts pages do not fully agree — on packaging (bags versus bags or clamshells) and on dating (FDA dates the recall to September 4; the company's notice was published September 10). Utah has cases, but the company lists deliveries only in Washington.
  • Nine reports are not nine confirmed injuries. The Centric notice does not say the reactions were caused by the product, how many patients received the lots, or who supplied the ingredient.
  • Both investigations are open. Counts here are as of the pages' own dates. The CDC's outbreak page could not be read by this desk.

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