Frozen sprouted beans recalled amid salmonella outbreak

What is salmonella infection?

People with salmonella infection often suffer diarrhea, fever, and stomach cramps after getting in contact with infected animals, their feces, or their environment or eating contaminated food or drinking contaminated water.

Frozen sprouted beans sold nationwide have been recalled following a salmonella outbreak that has infected multiple people in several states. 

The Centers for Disease Control and other public health officials are investigating an outbreak of salmonella infections linked to the recalled beans.

Frozen sprouted beans recalled

By the numbers:

According to the Food and Drug Administration, 16-ounce bags of Deep brand Sprouted Mat (Moth) beans and Sprouted Moong beans made from Chetak Group LLC were recalled on Wednesday due to the "potential to be contaminated with salmonella."

The CDC said eleven people from ten states had gotten sick with the same strain of salmonella that had been linked to the frozen sprouted beans. Four people have been hospitalized, and no deaths have been reported.

Product photo of recalled sprouted beans. (Credit: FDA)

The Chetak Group has not received any reports of illnesses, but the investigation by the FDA and CDC has linked the frozen beans to illnesses in the salmonella outbreak.

Dig deeper:

The Recalled Sprouted Beans were distributed nationwide in retail stores under the following lot numbers:

1. Deep Sprouted Mat (Moth) 16 oz.LOT CODE- printed on back side of bag- IN24330, 25072,25108,24353,25171,24297,25058,25078,24291,25107,24354 AND 24292
2. Deep Sprouted Moong 16 oz. packetLOT CODE- printed on back side of bag- IN24330, 25072,25108,24353,25171,24297,25058,25078,24291,25107,24354 AND 24292

CDC urges consumers not to eat any recalled beans

What's next:

The CDC said consumers should not eat any of the recalled frozen sprouted beans. They also recommend washing items and surfaces that may have touched the beans using hot soapy water or a dishwasher.

Consumers who have purchased the beans are urged to return them to the place of purchase for a full refund. Consumers with questions may contact the company, the FDA said.

Salmonella symptoms

Dig deeper:

According to the CDC, salmonella is a group of bacteria that can cause gastrointestinal illness and fever called Salmonellosis.

Most people infected with salmonella experience diarrhea, fever and stomach cramps.

Symptoms usually start six hours to six days after swallowing the bacteria, and most people recover without treatment after four to seven days.

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Some people – especially children younger than five, adults 65 and older, and people with weakened immune systems – may experience more severe illnesses that require medical treatment or hospitalization.

Severe symptoms include diarrhea and a fever higher than 102°F, diarrhea for more than three days that is not improving, bloody diarrhea, so much vomiting that you cannot keep liquids down, signs of dehydration such as not peeing much, dry mouth and throat, and feeling dizzy when standing up.

The CDC urges people to call their healthcare provider if they have any severe Salmonella symptoms after eating the pistachio cream.