The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended that consumers not eat raw alfalfa sprouts, including sprout blends containing alfalfa sprouts, until further notice because the product has been linked to Salmonella. Other types of sprouts have not been implicated at this time. See also: http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2009/NEW02001.html