At least 39 people nationwide, including five in New York, have reported E. coli infections that federal health officials said Sunday are linked to carrots recently recalled by a California grower.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating an E. coli outbreak in at least 18 states linked to some organic carrots, which has led to at least one death.

The CDC has posted a Food Safety Alert regarding an outbreak linked to organic carrots across multiple states. So far as many as 39 people infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli have been reported from 18 states.