An E. coli outbreak linked to bagged organic whole and baby carrots sold at popular grocery stores has sickened dozens of people across multiple states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said,

A California grower has issued a nationwide recall of organic carrots it produced for some of the country's leading supermarkets over an E. coli outbreak.

The CDC has posted a Food Safety Alert regarding an outbreak linked to organic carrots across multiple states. So far as many as 39 people infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli have been reported from 18 states.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating an outbreak of E. coli linked to organic carrots.