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Food poisoning: Sprouts linked to bouts

Sprouts of contaminated alfalfa seeds triggered a major North American Salmonella poisoning outbreak and illustrated why sprouts are liable to harbor food-borne pathogens.

References:

Van Beneden, C.A., et al. 1999. Multinational outbreak of Salmonella enterica serotype Newport infections due to contaminated alfalfa sprouts. Journal of the American Medical Association 281(Jan. 13):158.

Further Readings:

Lipkin, R. 1995. Vegemania. Science News 148(Dec. 9):392.

Raloff, J. 1997. Anticancer agent sprouts up unexpectedly. Science News 152(Sept. 20):183.

Sources:

Chris A. Van Beneden
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road
Mailstop Code C-23
Atlanta, GA 30333

From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 4, January 23, 1999, p. 63. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.

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