List of edible sprouts

• Amaranth
• Arugula
• Alfalfa
• Azuki bean
• Barley grass - usually for producing juice powder ^,
• Broccoli
• Buckwheat
• Clover
• Garden cress

• Dill
• Fenugreek
• Lemon grass
• Lentils
• Lettuce
• Milk thistle
• Mizuna
• Mung bean
• Mustard

• Pea
• Quinoa
• Radish
• Soybean
• Sunflower
• Tatsoi
• Wheat grass - usually for producing juice
• Kamut

Sprout safety

Many sprouts are edible, very nutritious and beneficial for human health, while others are toxic (e.g. kidney beans). Still, the safety on handling of the commercial produce has drawn public attention. The major concerns have been linked to the outbreak of Escherichia coli infections in Alfalfa Sprouts grown from contaminated seeds or unhygienic production with high microbial counts. To minimize the impact of the incidents and better manage the public health, both FDA and Health Canada issued the industry guidances on safe manufacturing edible sprouts and educated the public to consume the products with sufficient knowledges. Apart from that, there are a quite few publications for hobby farmers to grow and consume sprouts at home safely.

SproutPeople.com has called the July 9, 1999 press release by FDA Commissioner Jane Henney, which started the anti-sprout hysteria (which she extended to ALL sprouts) "this muckraking piece of garbage" and their page condemned "a media which does not examine the facts" as well as noting that, relative to any other foodstuff, the safety record of sprouts is excellent.

Notes

External links

• Sprout links
• Ch. 4 Microbiological safety of sprouted seed production - in Code of Practice for Food Safety in the Fresh Produce Supply Chain in Ireland
• Annex I - Proposed Draft Annex for Sprout Production - in Appendix II - Proposed Draft Code of Hygienic Practice for the Primary Production, Harvesting and Packing of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables (at Step 5 of the Procedure) of Report of the Thirty Third Session of the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene