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Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Broccoli Sprouts Sickens 22 in Four States
Confirmed
In Short: The Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have linked a Salmonella outbreak to broccoli sprouts produced by Evergreen Fresh Sprouts in Idaho.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have announced a new Salmonella outbreak linked to broccoli sprouts produced by Evergreen Fresh Sprouts in Idaho. The outbreak has sickened at least 22 people in four states, with two patients hospitalized.
Consumers are advised to discard any sprouts that match the description provided by the CDC. The sprouts were sold to food co-ops, restaurants, food service customers, and grocery stores in Idaho, Montana, and Washington.
The outbreak has been linked to specific packaging dates: September 7, 9, 11, 14, and 16. Sixteen people in Washington state, four in Montana, and one each in Idaho and Utah have been affected.
According to the CDC, all nineteen people interviewed reported eating sprouts, with seventeen specifically naming broccoli sprouts. Montana investigators collected an unopened package of broccoli sprouts from a sick person's home, and whole genome sequencing confirmed it carried the same Salmonella Bovismorbificans strain that made others ill.
This outbreak began on July 7 and the most recent illness on file was reported on August 26. In previous outbreaks, epidemiology and traceback identified the grower, but product samples came back negative for the outbreak strain.
The CDC and FDA have posted pages on the outbreak, providing updates and information to the public. The agency is urging consumers to be cautious and to check their food for the specific packaging dates mentioned.
What's confirmed
- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have announced a new Salmonella outbreak linked to broccoli sprouts produced by Evergreen Fresh Sprouts in Idaho. The outbreak has sickened at least 22 people in four states, with two patients hospitalized.
- Consumers are advised to discard any sprouts that match the description provided by the CDC. The sprouts were sold to food co-ops, restaurants, food service customers, and grocery stores in Idaho, Montana, and Washington.
- The outbreak has been linked to specific packaging dates: September 7, 9, 11, 14, and 16. Sixteen people in Washington state, four in Montana, and one each in Idaho and Utah have been affected.
- According to the CDC, all nineteen people interviewed reported eating sprouts, with seventeen specifically naming broccoli sprouts. Montana investigators collected an unopened package of broccoli sprouts from a sick person's home, and whole genome sequencing confirmed it carried the same Salmonella Bovismorbificans strain that made others ill.
- This outbreak began on July 7 and the most recent illness on file was reported on August 26. In previous outbreaks, epidemiology and traceback identified the grower, but product samples came back negative for the outbreak strain.
- The CDC and FDA have posted pages on the outbreak, providing updates and information to the public. The agency is urging consumers to be cautious and to check their food for the specific packaging dates mentioned.
What's still developing
- The CDC said consumers should toss any sprouts meeting that description.
- In the past 30 days, Idaho and Texas have reported H5N1 in five dairy herds.
- The sprouts were packaged in plastics bags or clam shell containers with expiration dates of 9/7, 9/9, 9/11, 9/14, and 9/16.
- In other food outbreak news, yesterday the CDC added 1,150 Cyclospora cases to the US total, lifting the caseload to 19,595 infections.