Health Law

Illinois residents hardest hit in sprouts Salmonella outbreak

By Drew Falkenstein

The Salmonella I 4,5,12, i- outbreak linked to alfalfa sprouts has sickened at least 89 people nationally.  Most of the illnesses (50) have occurred in illinois.  Looking at the map below, it is obvious that the outbreak has occurred because of Salmonella contaminated alfalfa sprouts seeds that were then sprouted by multiple "sprouters" nationally.  So the question is, who distributed the seeds?

Here is the distribution of illnesses nationally:

Full post as published by Food Poison Blog on December 26, 2010 (boomark / email).