An Omaha grower of alfalfa sprouts has stopped shipping its product and is recalling sprouts it sold recently to grocery stores and restaurants in connection with a Salmonella outbreak in eastern Nebraska and part of Iowa.

The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday in a press release there are 14 lab-confirmed Salmonella cases, four more that are probable and eight to 10 more that are at least suspected of being part of the outbreak.

Meanwhile, in Iowa, Dr. Ann Garvey of the Iowa Department of Public Health said there are five confirmed cases that appear to match the Nebraska cases. Three people in all have been hospitalized and isolates have been sent to the Minnesota Public Health Laboratory to confirm if they all share the same genetic fingerprint.

Meanwhile, the Nebraska Department of Health said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is investigating CW Sprouts in Omaha to "see what conditions may have lead to contamination.'' The FDA also is investigating the distribution of sprouts by the company.

If you or someone you know was sickened in this outbreak, contact a Salmonella lawyer at PritzkerOlsen Attorneys, a national food safety law firm with extensive experience in foodborne illness litigation.

The Nebraska alfalfa sprouts Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak coincides with the much larger 45-state Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak spawned by peanut butter, peanut paste and peanuts made by Peanut Corporation of America.

In the peanut butter Salmonella outbreak, which has sickened more than 677 people since Sept. 1, 2008, PritzkerOlsen's clients include the families of three women who died in the outbreak -- two from Minnesota and one from Ohio. Fred Pritzker, founder and president, will soon file his second Peanut Corporation of America wrongful death lawsuit related to the peanut butter Salmonella outbreak.

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