Yet Another Tainted-Food Recall: Now, it’s Carrots

By Jennifer Porter Gore | Word In Black(WIB) – For the third time in five months, federal public health officials have sounded the alarm and ordered a major recall after a deadly outbreak of foodborne illness. This time, the culprit is E. coli bacteria lurking in whole bagged and baby organic carrots.So far, one person has died and 39 people have become ill from the E. coli strain, with 15 hospitalized due to the outbreak. The cases, traced to carrots sold by Grimmway Farms of Bakersfield, California, have been reported in 18 states nationwide.& Company and federal officials announced the recall on November 16 for the carrots, which were sold from approximately August 14 through October 23, according to the Food and Drug Administration and the& Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. However, the baby carrots have different use-by-dates ranging from September 11 through November 12, 2024.RELATED: Check Your Fridge and Shopping Cart: Here Comes a Massive Food RecallIt’s likely that the products are in home refrigerators or freezers and no longer on store shelves.& In& a statement, Jeff Huckaby, Grimmway Farms president and CEO, said his company is looking into the source of the outbreak.& “We take our role...