Eden Brothers LLC of Arden, North Carolina, recalled its Calabrese broccoli seeds on Oct. 7, 2026, after its supplier warned that the seed may be contaminated with Salmonella. The recall covers lots 1022067 and 1022068, which were sold through EdenBrothers.com and on Amazon between July 8 and Sept. 28, 2026. The company says no illnesses had been reported to date, and it is offering full refunds.
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Gardeners who bought the seeds should treat them as unusable for any purpose. Eden Brothers says not to plant, sprout, eat, share or use them for microgreens. The warning reaches beyond the garden bed: the recalled seed should not be soaked, germinated or eaten raw in any form, and it should not be passed along to a neighbor or a school garden. Sales ran from July 8 to Sept. 28, 2026, depending on the size, so the window for buying an affected packet covered most of the 2026 growing season.
Lots 1022067 and 1022068 and the supplier lot behind them
The recall notice posted by the FDA on Eden Brothers’ behalf lists three products: a packet (item code SVBRO111-qb1), a 1-ounce bag (SVBRO111-qb2) and a 1-pound bag (SVBRO111-qb4). All carry the same two lot numbers, 1022067 and 1022068, printed on the packet or bag, and a use-by year of 2026. The company says the seeds trace back to supplier lot W4105, and that it acted after the supplier informed it of possible Salmonella contamination, with FDA’s knowledge.
Eden Brothers said the seeds shipped to customers nationwide, so the recall is not limited to any region, and the lot number is the only reliable way to tell an affected packet from an unaffected one. Retailers and distributors holding stock were told to stop distribution at once, set aside and destroy inventory, notify their customers and complete the company’s recall reply form.
A seed lot at the center of an FDA sprouts investigation
The same supplier lot appears in a larger federal inquiry. FDA’s outbreak investigation of Salmonella in sprouts, current as of Oct. 9, 2026, counts 32 illnesses, three hospitalizations and no deaths across six states: Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, Oregon, Utah and Washington. Illness onsets ran from July 7 to Sept. 3. Agency sampling of seed from the supplier tested positive for Salmonella Bovismorbificans, and whole genome sequencing matched it to the outbreak strain, which led the supplier to recall lot W4105.
Eden Brothers is one of several downstream sellers named on that page. Gardeners Basics recalled Waltham 29 broccoli sprouting seeds on Oct. 9, EAK Distribution recalled Home Grown green sprouting calabrese seeds on Oct. 2, and Evergreen Fresh Sprouts recalled broccoli sprouts on Sept. 4. The CDC’s investigation notice, last updated Sept. 24, tracks the same 32 cases and says the true number is likely much higher, because many infected people are never tested.
The link between the seeds and the illnesses runs through the supplier lot, not through Eden Brothers’ own customers: the company’s notice states that no illnesses had been reported to it, and the CDC page does not mention Eden Brothers at all. Food Safety News reported that FDA has not named the seed supplier, which leaves buyers to rely on lot numbers rather than a brand to know whether a bag is affected. The same report says that in FDA’s Sept. 24 update, 26 of 27 interviewed patients had eaten sprouts or microgreens, and that the agency is investigating a separate Shiga toxin-producing E. coli and Salmonella outbreak tied to alfalfa sprouts, which is a different case from the one involving seed lot W4105.
Disposal, symptoms and who is most at risk
Eden Brothers tells customers to seal the seeds in a bag and put them in household trash rather than compost, then wash their hands and any surfaces or containers that touched them, and to warn anyone they shared seeds with. Refunds are handled through a recall reply form linked in the announcement, with customer service at 855-440-2929 on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern.
The company says Salmonella can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people and those with weakened immune systems, while healthy people may have short-term fever, headache, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea. The FDA outbreak page adds that symptoms usually begin 12 to 72 hours after exposure and last four to seven days, and that anyone who develops them after eating recalled sprouts or handling recalled seed should contact a health care provider.
The risk comes from how sprouting works. The FDA’s guidance on selecting and serving produce safely notes that sprouts grow in warm, moist conditions that also favor bacteria, so a few organisms on a seed can multiply to high levels even in a clean kitchen, and it advises children, older adults, pregnant women and people with weakened immune systems to avoid raw or lightly cooked sprouts of any kind.
This article was produced with the assistance of AI and reviewed by Morning Overview editors prior to publication.
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