European E. coli outbreak

Gourmetmom
Mon, 06 Jun 2011 06:40:37 +0000

It looks like they’ve narrowed it down to sprouts grown on a particular organic farm in Germany. I recall problems years ago with alfalfa sprouts grown in the US. The process for growing them - a steam bath of sorts - is also conducive to bacteria growth. This is why few restaurants in the US use raw sprouts on salads anymore.

I do buy them occasionally at Whole Foods, but always with that nagging voice in my head because they are rather risky. I’ll probably stop now until a new growth method is developed.