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submitted 1 year ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Summary

An E. coli outbreak linked to bagged organic carrots from Grimmway Farms has infected 39 people across 18 states, with 15 hospitalized and one death reported.

The recalled carrots, sold under brands like Trader Joe’s, Wegmans, and 365, are no longer in stores, but the CDC urges consumers to check for and discard any remaining stock.

E. coli infections, which cause severe stomach cramps, bloody diarrhea, and vomiting, can be life-threatening for vulnerable groups.

Recent outbreaks have also been tied to onions, lettuce, and walnuts.

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[-] garretble@lemmy.world 148 points 1 year ago

This type of stuff is only going to get worse in the next four years.

[-] KingGordon@lemmy.world 51 points 1 year ago

Absolutely. These companies need oversight.

[-] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

Oh boy. I'm already a paranoid about food. There was a major quantity of outbreaks during 2010-2020.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_foodborne_illness_outbreaks_in_the_United_States

[-] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Good. The American people wanted this. Unregulated and unceasing capitalism will surely not kill thousands.

[-] garretble@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

A thin majority of the Americans who voted wanted this.

[-] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

75m Americans voted for this. Many millions more sat on their hands. It's our reality now and no one to blame but ourselves

[-] garretble@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

The current totals are 76M for trump and 74M for Harris.

You're not wrong in that more people should have turned out, but lots and lots of people did not want this.

[-] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 26 points 1 year ago

LoL! I'm a Pro Life Republican and January can't come SOON ENOUGH! Once Trump is in Office I won't have to HEAR about ANY of this (even though it'll be Happening MORE Frequently because of Lack of Regulations! I just won't HEAR about it because it'll be ILLEGAL to Mention!)!

[-] Suavevillain@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

The power of deregulation is literally killing people.

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[-] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Next time this happens under RFK's tenure as secretary of HHS, there won't be a recall. There wouldn't even be a warning. They'll just stay on shelves, hospitalizing and killing even more people.

[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Ugh, talk about a bad way to go. I once got food poisoning that needed a trip to the hospital, which is what ecoli is. I needed 2 units of water. Fortunately I'm not at risk so it cleared up fine with some antibiotics. But sitting yourself to death, while it sounds funny, is actually kinda awful.

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 4 points 1 year ago
[-] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Stomach pain can be easily some of the worst pain.

[-] capital_sniff@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Dang I just bought some onions.

[-] BlueLineBae@midwest.social 9 points 1 year ago

It's ok to eat them if you cook them. Maybe make yourself some delicious caramelized onions!

[-] RidgeDweller@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This is not entirely true. E. coli can produce heat-stable enterotoxins that will still make you sick even after cooking/killing the microbe. Probably best to toss or at least wash them before using.

Edit: assuming they're from one of the listed brands and match the recall window.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Wait... doesn't everyone wash their produce before using it?

[-] RidgeDweller@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

For the most part, but definitely not everyone. Many people lack awareness about where food comes from in general, not to mention basic food safety practices. It wouldn't surprise me if folks who mostly buy prepackaged produce and know little about farming would assume their produce is clean enough from the store.

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[-] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

Deregulation and climate devastation. Name a more iconic duo. We are so fucked.

[-] ulterno@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

So despite having heavy restrictions regarding taking foodstuffs on flights causing mass inconvenience, they don't really do the simple work of sending random samples of packed stuff for lab testing? Meaning that buying stuff in a packet, while more expensive than buying from a street peddler in an unregulated country, is really not safer?
Ok

[-] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

See, government regulations are just red tape and inefficiency. It's much better if you have to constantly risk death for the sake of more corporate profits.

[-] ulterno@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

And when it's so easy to just bribe the red tapist, why not just let them have a few pennies and in turn get millions in extra profits.

[-] roguetrick@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Well, they were organic alright. All natural shit fertilizer.

[-] enbyecho@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

"Well, they were organic alright. All natural shit fertilizer."

Doesn't work that way. Even if the fields were fertilized with manure, they are done so long before planting - it's literally in the National Organic Program regulations that certified organic farms are required to follow. It's also just common practice anyway. Because duh, root vegetables.

The main and pretty much only source of contamination is in the harvesting, processing, and handling. Not just people but equipment like conveyor belts. For example, "baby carrots" are almost never grown small but big carrots cut up by machines, which -no surprise- are easily contaminated.

[-] MaxPow3r11@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

This is going to become more & more common once trump takes over.

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