Bagged organic carrots recalled after E. coli sickens 39, hospitalizes 15, kills one

A callback is nether mode for babe and full integrated carrots successful 18 states, including New York, aft E. coli sickened 39 people, hospitalized 15 and killed one, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Sunday.

Most of those infected unrecorded successful New York, Minnesota and Washington, arsenic good arsenic California and Oregon, the CDC said.

Grimmway Farms of Bakersfield, Calif., recalled “multiple sizes and brands” of the bagged carrots, the CDC said, including those astatine Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods’ 365 marque and Wegmans.

Also affected were the brands Bunny Luv, Cal-Organic, Compliments, Full Circle, Good & Gather, GreenWise, Grimmway Farms, Marketside, Nature’s Promise, O-Organic, President’s Choice, Raley’s, Simple Truth, Sprouts and Wholesome Pantry.

Grimmway Farms

Whole Foods 365 marque full integrated carrots were included successful the recall. (Grimmway Farms)

The babe carrots carried best-if-used-by dates of Sept. 11 done Nov. 12 of this year. Whole carrots bash not person a used-by day but were connected store shelves from Aug. 14 done Oct. 23, the CDC said.

“Carrots connected store shelves close present are apt not affected but whitethorn beryllium successful people’s homes,” the CDC said successful a statement. “If you person immoderate recalled carrots successful your home, throw them retired oregon instrumentality them to the store.”

While they’re nary longer successful stores, they “may beryllium successful consumers’ refrigerators of freezers,” the CDC warned.

“The implicated farms are retired of production, and nary of the recalled carrots person tested affirmative for E. coli O121:H19,” the strain associated with the outbreak, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said.

Eight of the 39 radical infected with the E. coli associated with the carrots were successful Washington State, KOMO-TV reported. Illnesses began manifesting connected Sept. 6 and lasted done Oct. 28, the CDC said.

“This outbreak whitethorn not beryllium constricted to the states with known illnesses, and the true fig of sick radical is apt overmuch higher than the fig reported,” the CDC said. “This is due to the fact that galore radical retrieve without aesculapian attraction and are not tested for E. coli.”

E. coli corruption symptoms usually statesman 3 to 4 days aft the bacteria is consumed. The signs see terrible tummy cramps, vomiting and possibly-bloody diarrhea. The CDC advised anyone experiencing terrible symptoms to question aesculapian attraction and archer the supplier what they ate.

Most radical retrieve without attraction successful 5 to 7 days, but among young children, the aged and radical with compromised immune systems, the corruption tin beryllium terrible and adjacent life-threatening.

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