The number of individuals infected with E. coli O26 after eating raw clover sprouts at Jimmy John's Restaurants has now risen to 14 from the initial count of 12, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday.
Michigan becomes the latest and the sixth state to report two new cases of E. coli infection linked to raw clover sprouts at the sandwich chain.
The number of ill persons identified in each state are Iowa (5), Missouri (3), Kansas (2), Michigan (2), Arkansas (1), and Wisconsin (1). All the 14 sickened persons are female, and two of them have been hospitalized. No deaths have been reported.
Investigations by the CDC and FDA have identified a common lot of clover seeds used to grow clover sprouts that are served at Jimmy John's restaurant locations. On February 10, 2012, the seed supplier began notifying sprouting facilities of the contaminated lot.
Last year, 140 individuals were infected with Salmonella after eating Tiny Greens Alfalfa Sprouts or Spicy Sprouts at Jimmy John's restaurant outlets.
Since sprout seeds get contaminated in several ways, the FDA recommends seed producers, seed conditioners, distributors, and sprout producers to take preventive controls, including a seed disinfection step and microbiologic tests of water that has been used to grow each lot of sprouts, to reduce the risk of raw sprouts serving as a vehicle for foodborne illness.
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