Cdc: Fresh Basil: foodborne investigation (2024)
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Food safety alert | United States (multi-state / national distribution) | Official event date 2024-06-18 | First indexed 2026-10-26 | OFFICIAL
Key facts
- Event type
- OUTBREAK INVESTIGATION
- Pathogen / hazard
- UNKNOWN
- Product (if stated)
- Not stated by source
- Geography
- United States (multi-state / national distribution)
- Official status
- Source-supported closed · index expired
- Source-published illness / death counts
- Illness count not stated
- Notice / event date
- 2024-06-18
- Primary source
- U.S. CDC
Food safety details
- Event type
- OUTBREAK INVESTIGATION
- Hazard
- UNKNOWN
- Distribution scope
- NATIONAL
- Upstream status
- CLOSED
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Source-backed summary
- What was reported
- CDC is tracking a multistate foodborne investigation titled "Fresh Basil". No specific product name was extracted from the notice. Hazard (from notice text): UNKNOWN. This OutbreakThreat summary links to the primary CDC page. Not medical advice.
- Where
- United States (multi-state / national distribution)
- The agency notice only described country-level geography, so the map pin represents a broad area.
- When reported (event date)
- 2024-06-18
- First indexed on OutbreakThreat 2026-10-26
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