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Baby carrots recalled due to Shigella contamination

Posted on Aug 24th 2007 12:28PM by Rigel Celeste

Filed Under: Nutrition & Supplements

Los Angeles Salad Company, out of California, is recalling all of its packages of baby carrots labeled "Genuine Sweet Baby Carrots" with a 'sell by' date up to (and including) August 16th due to the possibility that they are contaminated with Shigella bacteria. The packages were sold in Colorado, California, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, South Carolina and Florida with the "Los Angeles Salad Company" brand name, and in Arizona, California, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon and Washington under the brand "Trader Joe's."

4 people have become ill in Canada and investigators are still trying to determine the source. Shigella bacteria infections can cause bloody diarrhea, fever, nausea, and vomiting -- if you find any of these carrots in your home don't eat them (obviously) and return them to the place of purchase for a full refund.

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Rena 8-24-2007 @ 7:33PM

My family and I had baby carrots on August 22, 2007 and became ill that night. The next morning when we heard of the recall we went to the doctor and are all waiting for test results to come in for Shigella. These carrots were not from the Los Angeles Salad Co. but were purchased from Vons.