Another state, more patients involved in sprout outbreak

Another 21 people sickened and two hospitalized in bacteria outbreak

More people have been sickened and hospitalized by produce feared to be contaminated with multiple strains of deadly bacteria, officials from the FDA and CDC have warned.

Another state, more patients involved in sprout outbreak

The outbreak is unusual in that it involves two pathogens.

Seventy-Six People in Sixteen States Are Sick with E. coli or Salmonella Traced to One Lot of Alfalfa Sprout Seed. Seventy-Two of Them Were Already Sick Before the Public Was Told Anything, and the Last Got Sick Sixteen Days After the Recall. That Is Why I Am Asking FDA to Put the Warning on the Package.

CDC updated its outbreak page on October 1. Seventy-six people in sixteen states are infected with one of three strains of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (O26:H11, O103:H25 and O168:H8) or with Salmonella Agona, traced to alfalfa sprouts grown from a single lot of alfalfa seed, lot SAL2-24JB. Six people have been hospitalized. No one has died. Illnesses began between May...

Everything Sprouts Outbreak Sickens 76 in 16 States

The Everything Sprouts outbreak has now sickened at least 76 people in 16 states, according to the CDC. There are three pathogens making people sick in this outbreak: E. coli O26:H11, E. coli O103:H25, and E. coli O168:H8 along with Salmonella Agona. That is an increase of 21 more patients and one more state since the last update ...