date:Oct 24, 2012
The chain finally cut sprouts from the menu after an E. coli O26 outbreak beginning December 2011 sickened another 29 customers. Those infections came from clover sprouts, which the company had used as a replacement for its alfalfa sprouts under the assumption theyd be a safer alternative.
Sprouts have caused more than 54 foodborne illness outbreaks worldwide since 1990, including the summer 2011 E. coli outbreak in Germany that killed 53 people and sickened roughly 4,000.
Unlike most fresh