A recall of alfalfa sprouts has been expanded to include products sold with best buy dates through Jan. 7, 2023.

Four lots, 4211, 5211, 3212, and 4212, are now included in the recall which was initiated due to possible salmonella contamination.

The original recall included two lots with expiration dates through Dec. 27, 2022. They were sold at grocery stores in Nebraska, Kansas, and Iowa.

According to health officials in Nebraska, 16 people fell ill after eating the alfalfa sprouts in December.

The Food and Drug Administration warns that salmonella infection can lead to diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. In rare cases, the infection can become serious and potentially fatal.

Federal officials estimate that over 25,000 people are hospitalized each year from salmonella infections. Around 450 people die from the infection each year.

CINCINNATI —

As a member of Crossroads Church in Oakley, Robbie Dufek said she has been inspired to give back.

"I'm a kind of giver that I do it for me, the joy that it brings me knowing that somebody else is going to receive the gift that I give them. I don't need to know who it is," Dufek said.

Knowing she's making a difference is what means the most to Dufek.

"It is just the act of giving that is important to me, and what I like to share and what my family likes to do," Dufek said.

Her family is one of the thousands participating in this year's Thanksgiving food drive through Crossroads.

Everyone who picks up a box is asked to load it up with a turkey and all the fixings.

"Each meal feeds six to ten people. So, across all Crossroads sites, we're looking at 100,000 people will be fed from all of these boxes throughout the region," said Keymonte Crooms, ReachOut Site Director at Crossroads in Oakley.

Boxes should all be filled by this weekend, just in time for the big-drop off. Like in past years, donors won't even have to get out of their cars to share a meal that feeds the soul.

"We've even had people see the collection going on and run to Kroger without a box and show up with plastic bags and say, 'Here's the food' and we'll have a box and can box it up for them that way," Crooms said.

Every box collected with then be distributed to 70 organizations throughout Greater Cincinnati that will then give Thanksgiving dinners to their members.

Anyone who wants to get involved can pick up a box at any Crossroads location.