Learn if cooking carrots can kill E. coli and how to stay safe amid the outbreak linked to Grimmway Farms’ recalled organic carrots.

One person has died and at least 39 others have been made ill by E. coli infections linked to organic carrots sold by several large grocery retailers in 18 states, U.S. health officials say. The carrots were also shipped to stores in Canada and Puerto Rico.

One person is dead and over a dozen others were hospitalized due to an E. coli outbreak connected to recalled organic carrots, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.