On Tuesday , the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) free a solid food safety alarm cautioning people against eating any romaine lettuce grown in Salinas , California , due to potentialE. colicontamination . According toNBC Washington , 67 cases ofE. colihave been reported so far , and 39 hoi polloi have been hospitalize .
Therecallapplies to any mathematical product that contains Salinas - grown cos lettuce , including whole head or hearts of cos lettuce , constituent or babe romaine , salad wraps with romaine , and bundle of pre - thinned lettuce or salad mixes with cos .
In astatement , the CDC excuse that most romaine lettuce mathematical product name the harvest location on the recording label , which might be print on a dagger or directly on the packaging . You should cast aside all romaine merchandise grow in Salinas , as well as anything that does n’t specify a harvesting location at all . If you ’re not sure if there ’s romaine in your salad mix or wrap , do n’t take the chance — throw it out . However , no caseshave been linked to hydroponic or greenhouse - grown cos lettuce , so anything label “ indoor grown ” is technically still dependable to use up .
Though the CDC is also advising restaurant and retailers to practice the same caution and get free of any cos lettuce that might be from Salinas , it ’s best for consumer to look at the labels in stores themselves or double - check with restaurant employees just to make certain .
You should also good clean and disinfect any role of your refrigerator where you ’ve stash away cos lettuce lettuce , to prevent bacteria from hitch a ride on your deliciousThanksgiving leftovers .
And , even if you go several states away from California , there ’s still a pretty good opportunity that Salinas - grown romaine is shipped to your region — theE. colicases have been account in 19 body politic across the state , include Arizona , California , Colorado , Idaho , Illinois , Maryland , Michigan , Minnesota , Montana , Nebraska , New Jersey , New Mexico , Ohio , Oregon , Pennsylvania , Texas , Virginia , Washington , and Wisconsin .
The Food and Drug Administration is stillinvestigatingthe outbreak , but it has been confirmed that this particular strain ofbacteria , E. coliO157 : H7 , is the same one responsible for recall of leafy Green and romaine lettuce in 2017 and 2018 , respectively .
[ h / tNBC Washington ]
