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Consumer Reports Issues Warning Against Eating Romaine Lettuce
USAgNet - 01/08/2018
Food safety experts at Consumer Reports are advising people in the U.S. and Canada to stop eating romaine lettuce.
During the past seven weeks, 58 people in the U.S. and Canada have become ill from the strain of E. coli O157: H7. One person in each country has died. In the U.S., the infections have been confirmed in 13 states - California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana,
Michigan, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Vermont and Washington.
Food Safety News reports that until the cause of the current outbreak is known and the implicated food is removed from the supply chain, CR's experts say consumers should avoid eating any romaine lettuce. It is a recommendation not yet made by either the
U.S. Food and Drug Administration or the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The source of the E. coli food poisoning is being investigated by FDA and CDC, along with public health officials in Canada. Five people in the U.S. received hospital care, and one has died, according to CDC. There has also been one death reported in
Canada.
Canadian health authorities identified romaine lettuce as the source of the outbreak in their country, and since Dec. 14 have been advising people in the country's eastern provinces to consider eating other types of salad greens until further notice. They said sick
people reported eating romaine from a variety of locations, including grocery stores, restaurants and private homes.
In the U.S., government health officials are investigating the outbreaks, but have stopped short of recommending people avoid romaine lettuce or any other food.
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