The Food and Drug Administration has closed investigations into three foodborne illness outbreaks.
For an outbreak of Salmonella Oranienburg, based on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s epidemiological investigation, ill people reported eating sprouts before becoming sick. There were five confirmed patients. The FDA first posted the outbreak on Aug. 20.
The CDC, FDA, and state and local partners conducted epidemiologic and traceback investigations, and collected and analyzed product and environmental samples. All samples collected as part of the investigation were reported as negative for Salmonella.
Once investigators had enough information to confirm sprouts as the source of this outbreak, the outbreak was no longer considered ongoing, and sprouts were past their shelf life and were not available for sale.
For an outbreak of Salmonella Anatum linked to sprouted beans, FDA’s investigation is closed. There were 12 confirmed patients. The agency first posted the outbreak on July 9. The outbreak was traced to frozen Deep-brand Sprouted Mat (Moth) and Moong (Mung) beans and Deep-brand Premium Select frozen surti undhiu mix.
For an outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis linked to eggs, FDA’s investigation is closed. There were 105 confirmed patients. The source of the outbreak was determined to be large, brown, cage-free “sunshine/omega-3 golden” yolk eggs sourced from Country Eggs LLC of Lucerne Valley, CA.
There were likely many more patients in all three of the Salmonella outbreaks than were confirmed. The CDC reports that for every person identified as an outbreak patient there are 29 patients who go infected because some don’t seek medical attention and others are not specifically tested for Salmonella infection.
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