Sprouts and History's Worst E. coli Outbreak

If it seems like you hear about sprouts being associated with bacterial pathogen outbreaks on a regular basis, you're not imagining things. The last two decades have seen thirty-seven separate cases in the United States and Canada that accounted for 2,273 illnesses.

These pale in comparison to an outbreak in Japan during 1996 which sickened at least 9,441 and claimed the lives of 12. This week, a look at sprouts and history's worst E. coli outbreak.

TTFN, Fred.

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Sprouts and History's Worst E. Coli Outbreak