Organic bagged carrots sold in the U.S. under multiple brands have been linked to an E coli outbreak that's killed one person and sickened 39 others in at least 18 states — with 15 hospitalized, the CDC said Sunday.

Organic and baby carrots sold at grocery stores across the US have been recalled after an E. coli outbreak that has killed one person. So far, 15 people are in hospital and 39 cases have been reported across 18 states, the US's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said.

Thirty-nine cases have been reported in 18 states, including five in New York, resulting in 15 hospitalizations and one death in California as of Nov. 16.