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CDC has posted a Food Safety Alert regarding a multi-state outbreak linked to organic carrots: https://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/outbreaks/e-coli-O121.html
Key Points:
Thirty-nine people infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli have been reported from 18 states. Fifteen people have been hospitalized and one person has died.Interviews with sick people and traceback findings show that organic whole and baby carrots sold by Grimmway Farms are making people sick.
Grimmway Farms recalled the implicated carrots. Multiple brands and sizes of bagged organic whole and baby carrots were recalled.
These products are no longer for sale at stores but may still be people's homes. Check your refrigerators and throw them away.
If you have severe symptoms of E. coli infection, seek health care, and tell your provider about what you ate.
Most people infected with Shiga toxin-producing E. coli experience severe stomach cramps, diarrhea (often bloody), and vomiting. Symptoms usually start 3 to 4 days after swallowing the bacteria.
Some people may develop serious kidney problems (hemolytic uremic syndrome, also called HUS) and would need to be hospitalized.
If you have questions about cases in a particular state, please call that state's health department.
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