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The home for VPR's coverage of health and health industry issues affecting the state of Vermont.

Three Vermonters Get Salmonella From Brooklyn Bean Sprouts

The Vermont Department of Health reports that three Vermonters got sick with a salmonella infection after eating bean sprouts traced to Wonton Food, Inc. in Brooklyn, New York.

Working in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as well as other state health departments in the northeast, the Vermont Department of Health determined that the three cases were part of a larger group of 63 cases across 10 states caused by the bean sprouts.

"The investigation by state and federal partners is still underway," according to a department release. "But consumers should avoid eating bean sprouts grown and sold by Wonton Food, Inc. Restaurants and grocery stores have been advised not to server or sell bean sprouts from this firm."

Correction 11/24 10:17 a.m. The Department of Health initially misreported the number of cases total. The story has been corrected.

Taylor was VPR's digital reporter from 2013 until 2017. After growing up in Vermont, he graduated with at BA in Journalism from Northeastern University in 2013.
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