One person has died and 15 have been hospitalized from E. coli infections linked to organic carrots sold in Canadian and U.S. grocery stores this fall.
Bags of whole and baby carrots have been recalled by Grimmway Farms after an outbreak of E. coli infections that is now under investigation by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The California company supplies carrots to Canada under the 365, President’s Choice, and Compliments brands. Included in the Nov. 16 recall are baby organic carrots with best-before dates ranging from Sept. 11 to Nov. 12 and whole organic carrots sold in stores from roughly Aug. 14 to Oct. 23….