If you do your weekly grocery rounds at Trader Joe’s or Wegmans, it could be time to verify your fridge.
Grimmway Farms says a few of their natural complete carrots and child carrots that had been offered on the grocery retailer chains might have been contaminated with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli, or E. coli, in keeping with a information launch.
The carrot producers, headquartered in Bakersfield, California, voluntarily recalled the carrots after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) discovered that they might be related to an outbreak.
Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) principally impacts youngsters below 5 years outdated and the aged, and may trigger bloody diarrhea, extreme abdomen cramps and vomiting, in keeping with the CDC. STEC can also be the commonest explanation for hemolytic uremic syndrome, which might result in kidney failure and even dying.
E. coli normally spreads via animal or human feces and may then contaminate meals and water.
The recalled carrots had been shipped by Grimmway Farms to distribution facilities within the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico, and offered below a number of completely different labels, together with Trader Joe’s, Wegmans, Bunny-luv, Nature’s Promise, Simple Truth and 365. Grimmway Farms has shared photos of all of the labels in query for buyer consciousness.
The complete carrots that had been recalled had been offered in shops from Aug. 14 via Oct. 23, 2024, whereas the infant carrots have best-if-used-by-dates starting from Sept. 11 to Nov. 12, 2024, Grimmway Farms mentioned.
While they’re now not being offered in shops, Grimmway Farms is warning prospects who should still have them of their fridges to throw them away.
“We take our position in guaranteeing the security and high quality of our merchandise significantly,” Grimmway Farms President and CEO Jeff Huckaby mentioned in a press release. “The well being of our prospects and the integrity of our merchandise are our highest priorities, and we’re conducting a radical evaluate of our rising, harvest, and processing practices.”
An E. coli outbreak reported final month was linked to slivered onions on McDonald’s Quarter Pounders and sickened a minimum of 104, killing one. A complete of 14 states had been affected by the outbreak, together with Colorado, Montana and Nebraska.