| industry practices and compliance with u.s. food and drug administration guidelines among california sprout firms. | since 1995, raw vegetable sprouts have been implicated as the vehicle of infection in 15 foodborne outbreaks involving salmonella and 2 foodborne outbreaks involving escherichia coli o157:h7. to reduce the numbers of sprout-related outbreaks, the u.s. food and drug administration (fda) published guidance for industry: reducing microbial food safety hazards for sprouting seeds in 1999. between october 2000 and april 2001, 61.5% (16 of 26) of the known commercial sprout firms in california were en ... | 2003 | 12870761 |