One of the world’s largest producers of carrots issued a recall of some contaminated organic whole and baby carrots following suspicion that they may have sparked a fatal disease outbreak, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Saturday.
Grimmway Farms issued the recall as the vegetables “may have been contaminated with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (E. coli) O121:H19,” which “can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, elderly people, and those with a weakened immune system,” the FDA reposted.
The agricultural giant recalled the products amid an ongoing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-led investigation of the O121:H19 outbreak. There have been 39 cases so far, across 18 states, with 15 patients hospitalized and one dead, the CDC said. (RELATED: Salmonella Outbreak Sparks Recall Across 15 States)
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