Officials warn: Toss the romaine lettuce or risk E. coli
An unusually virulent strain of E. coli bacteria on romaine lettuce has sent 31 people to hospitals in 16 states, and health officials are urging consumers to throw out any of the lettuce they may have bought recently.No grower or distributor has been identified as the source of the outbreak, which has been traced to the Yuma, Ariz., area where California’s major produce companies cultivate winter lettuce, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. […]
