Patricia Homola, Ph.D., is a consumer safety officer in the Division of Produce Safety at FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN). In this role, she provides subject-matter expertise on food safety issues related to sprouts and seed for sprouting.
This article outlines the identification of and responses to these outbreaks, the actions taken to prevent future outbreaks, the challenges encountered, possible contamination routes, and how current regulations may affect sprout safety.
