When People Got Sick: E. coli Outbreak, Organic Carrots, November 2024

Key points

This outbreak is over. These carrots are past their shelf life and are no longer for sale. Even when there are not any active E. coli outbreaks you can still take steps to protect yourself from getting sick from E. coli.

Image of a bag of whole organic carrots.

When people got sick

This chart shows when the 48 people in this E. coli outbreak got sick.

The true number of sick people in this outbreak was likely much higher than the number reported. This is because many people recover without medical care and are not tested for E. coli.

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Content Source:
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID)