US - Health officials investigating multi-state salmonella cluster

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http://www.myfoxboston.com/story/27442615/federal-state-officials-investigating-salmonella-cases

BOSTON (MyFoxBoston.com) -- State and federal health officials are looking into cases of salmonella that have been reported in multiple states.
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Although the investigation is underway, as of Thursday none of the cases have been tied directly to one source, according to the Mass. DPH.

If and when a source is identified, the CDC will alert the public.
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Re: US - Health officials investigating multi-state salmonella cluster

http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nat...raw-sprouts/npzndRzdwDKRqTuh8bRooJ/story.html

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 63 people from Massachusetts and nine other states, most of them on the East Coast, fell ill with salmonella linked to bean sprouts from a supplier in New York.

The CDC said the supplier, Wonton Food Inc. of Brooklyn, N.Y., has agreed to stop production for now.
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Raw sprouts are a frequent culprit in foodborne illness because of the moist, warm conditions in which they are grown; there have been about 30 outbreaks linked to raw and lightly cooked sprouts since the 1990s.

US regulators have warned against eating them at all, advising consumers to cook them and to ask that they be left off their plate at restaurants.