With Thanksgiving nearing, carrot E. coli outbreak offers new concerns for Coloradans

By Alan Gionet | CBS Colorado

Word of yet another E. coli outbreak has shaken shoppers 10 days ahead of Thanksgiving. More than a dozen brands of organic carrots are now recalled with warnings to consumers not to eat them. One person is known to have become ill in Colorado, but the recalled products were all produced by Grimmway Farms and sold under a variety of brand names.

They were shipped directly to retail distribution centers nationwide in the United States. There are 39 known cases total across the country in 18 states with one death.

“I mean it’s part of a larger problem, right? When you de-regulate industries, when you make food safety not a priority,” said one shopper Monday night in Denver.

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