1.   Germinated in warehouse-sized shelters, the sprouts caused a salmonella outbreak from Oregon to Massachusetts.

2.   In recent weeks, salmonella outbreaks at several eating establishments have been investigated by health officials.

3.   Still, salmonella outbreaks in restaurants make headlines.

4.   The commercial food most often linked to recent salmonella outbreaks is ice cream.

5.   The salmonella outbreak has been tied to a barbeque restaurant, which catered several parties this weekend attended by many of the people who became sick.

6.   Contaminated school lunches were blamed Thursday for a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds in Storkow, a small town east of Berlin.

7.   Salmonella outbreaks have occured several times in recent years in Europe and deaths have occured.