Better to hold off on the veggie sandwiches for a while...
The FDA has issued a recommendation against the consumption of raw alfalfa sprouts which may have caused at least 31 cases of salmonella-related illness. Since the contamination may have occured at the seed level, it will be very difficult to track which brands or states are the riskiest.
Having just sat through a presentation on food-born illnesses, product recalls, and the FDA and CDC, I feel like all these salmonella outbreaks are eschatological (my new word from the weekend). In the past few years, we've had a perfect storm in a salad (spinach, tomatoes, peppers, and now sprouts), plus peanut butter and pisatchios. I don't know if bacon gives you swine flu, but one can never be sure. Actually, all this makes me want to create a death-defying tossed salad with peanut sauce dressing and bacon bits.
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