E coli at Springfield Missouri Restaurants?
The News Leader is reporting three cases of e coli linked to raw clover sprouts. They report that the Springfield-Greene County Health Department traced the sprouts to three different Jimmy John's locations in the Springfield area. It will be interesting which locations are confirmed. There is one right down the street from my office. Good thing I don't like sprouts.
According to the Center for Disease Control, FDA's traceback investigation is ongoing. Preliminary traceback information has identified a common lot of clover seeds used to grow clover sprouts served at Jimmy John's restaurant locations where ill persons ate. FDA and states conducted a traceback that identified two separate sprouting facilities; both used the same lot of seed to grow clover sprouts served at these Jimmy John's restaurant locations. On February 10, 2012, the seed supplier initiated notification of sprouting facilities that received this lot of clover seed to stop using it. Investigations are ongoing to identify other locations that may have sold clover sprouts grown from this seed lot.
