Health officials: Raw alfalfa sprouts may carry salmonella risk

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Government health officials are telling people to avoid eating raw alfalfa sprouts because they could be contaminated with a strain of salmonella. Officials have received 31 reports of illness associated with eating raw alfalfa sprouts in Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Utah and West Virginia. No deaths have been reported.

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