date:Aug 26, 2019
are often eaten raw, and uncooked food is most susceptible to salmonella. Because sprouts are grown in warm and humid conditions, the chance for bacteria growth is greater. In the U.S. between 1996 and 2016, there were 46 separate outbreaks of foodborne illness from sprouts that killed three people and hospitalized 187 others.
The good news is that the FDA is working on making sprouts safer, identifying producers that are the biggest contamination culprits and implementing practices that will