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Alfalfa Sprouts the Latest Salmonella-Tainted Product

  • Susan
  • April 27, 2009
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For the second time in three months, alfalfa sprouts are on the list of foods that may be contaminated with salmonella.  The latest warning issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cautions consumers against eating raw alfalfa sprouts, after more than 30 cases of salmonella were reported in a widespread area including Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Utah, South Dakota and West Virginia.

“This appears to be an extension of an earlier outbreak from February and March 2009, which sickened more than 100 people in Nebraska, South Dakota, Iowa, Kansas, and Minnesota,”the FDA said.

Those reporting getting ill had eaten alfalfa sprouts at restaurants; some had purchased packaged sprouts at the retail level.

“The FDA will work with the alfalfa sprout industry to help identify which seeds and alfalfa sprouts are not connected with this contamination, so that this advisory can be changed as quickly as possible,” the agency said.

Other types of sprouts are not affected.

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