CINCINNATI, Ohio - Kroger has announced it will stop selling sprouts, citing the product's "potential food safety risk," Business Insider reports.
"After a thorough, science-based review, we have decided to voluntarily discontinue selling fresh sprouts," said Payton Pruett, Kroger's vice president of food safety, in a statement released in late October. "Testing and sanitizing by the growers and safe food handling by the consumer are the critical steps to protect against food-borne illness."
Bob Sanderson, president of the International Sprout Growers Association, said the industry is working with the FDA to create better safety protocols, according to Business Insider.
According to the FDA, sprouts require warm, humid conditions to grow, similar to conditions ideal for bacterial growth.
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