Grimmway Farms is the California-based produce company at the center of an ongoing carrot recall that's connected to a nationwide E. coli outbreak.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and public health officials are investigating a multistate outbreak of E. coli linked to multiple brands of recalled organic whole bagged carrots and baby carrots sold by Grimmway Farms.

Grimmway Farms has recalled its organic carrots after health officials linked them to an E. coli outbreak. A woman who was hospitalized sued the company this week. Putting enemies of science in charge of science policy is a formula for mass injury and death, history reminds us.