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State warns against eating alfalfa sprouts
By Star-Bulletin staff
POSTED: 04:11 p.m. HST, Apr 28, 2009
The state Department of Health recommends that people not eat raw alfalfa sprouts because the product has been linked to salmonella serotype Saintpaul contamination on the mainland.
Officials have reported 31 cases of the illness from eating raw alfalfa sprouts in Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Utah and West Virginia
The state’s advisory, which includes blends containing alfalfa sprouts, follows a recommendation Monday from the U.S Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control.
There have been no confirmed salmonella cases attributable to alfalfa sprouts in Hawaii, but the state Food and Drug Branch will be pulling samples from local alfalfa sprout growers for testing.
Healthy individuals infected with salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain.
The FDA Web site contains detailed information on reducing microbial safety hazards for sprouted seeds. Visit http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/sprougd1.html to see the guidance.
The state Department of Health recommends that people not eat raw alfalfa sprouts because the product has been linked to salmonella serotype Saintpaul contamination on the mainland.
Officials have reported 31 cases of the illness from eating raw alfalfa sprouts in Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Utah and West Virginia
The state’s advisory, which includes blends containing alfalfa sprouts, follows a recommendation Monday from the U.S Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control.
There have been no confirmed salmonella cases attributable to alfalfa sprouts in Hawaii, but the state Food and Drug Branch will be pulling samples from local alfalfa sprout growers for testing.
Healthy individuals infected with salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain.
The FDA Web site contains detailed information on reducing microbial safety hazards for sprouted seeds. Visit http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/sprougd1.html to see the guidance.
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