“The FDA considers eating raw sprouts on the same level of risk as eating raw beef — not medium rare burgers, raw beef,” writes Adriana Velez at The Stir.

At least 22 people have been killed, and thousands more infected, by a virulent strain of E. coli that’s sweeping through Europe, in what’s being called the “deadliest E. coli outbreak in modern history.” The outbreak is a result of a particularly toxic strain of the bacteria, and German and European Union officials have yet to pinpoint its source — though cucumbers and organic sprouts farms have been suspected. Could something like this happen in America?

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