CDC Issues Warning on Frozen Blueberries Amid E. coli Outbreak

Why it matters locally: Food safety alerts such as this one can affect consumer purchasing habits at Maryland grocery stores and may impact local food distributors and retailers who carry the recalled product.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has alerted the public to an *E. coli* outbreak. Public health officials determined the outbreak has a connection to specific frozen blueberries. National authorities initiated a recall for the implicated product. The CDC advises consumers not to eat any frozen blueberries subject to this recall. Individuals who possess the recalled item should discard it.