date:Jul 03, 2013
sprouts, and vegetables from a vine or stalk. The most commonly implicated commodity was poultry, at 18.9%, followed by fish at 18.6% and beef at 11.9%.
Compared with the first two years of the study (1998-99), the percentage of outbreaks associated with leafy vegetables and dairy increased substantially during 2006-08, while the percentage of outbreaks associated with eggs decreased, the C.D.C. said. During 1998-99, the percentage of outbreaks linked to leafy vegetables was 6%, a figure that i