At least seven people in New Jersey have now been sickened after eating Romaine lettuce tainted with E. coli, NJ.com reported.
The nationwide outbreak topped more than 100 cases in the latest report.
Of the 102 people now infected, 58 hospitalizations have been reported through Monday, according to numbers the CDC released Wednesday afternoon.
The CDC last month advised consumers not to eat any romaine harvested from Salinas, California, including whole heads of romaine, hearts of romaine and packages of precut lettuce and salad mixes which contain romaine, including baby romaine, spring mix and Caesar salad.
If consumers have romaine at home, they should look on the label or packaging to determine where the lettuce was grown, the CDC said. If it’s indicated the lettuce was grown in Salinas – or if it isn’t labeled with a growing region at all – public health officials are urging consumers not to eat it and to throw it out.
In Crown Heights, romaine lettuce from Salinas, CA, was being sold as recently as Friday, COLlive was told. Consumers should make sure to check the product’s origin before purchasing.
anyone know?
I love how lettuce can be recalled with low % of outbreak..but a higher % of vaccine reactions gets brushed under the bus.
Why aren’t the store owners/managers taking the responsibility to keep these tainted items off the shelves??!!??
I think your report is not correct. Andy Boy lettuce has Salinas printed on the bag because the company is based in Salinas. but the lettuce can have a sticker showing it was grown somewhere else
Even though the company is in salinas thus particular lettuce was grown in Arizona
The Andy Boy I saw at Empire a week ago during the midst of recall (recall was since Nov 22, and it was all over the news), and another lettuce from a produce store ~1.5 blocks from Empire, were grown in California. According to the CDC, avoid Salinas lettuce; if it does not state where it was grown, assume it has been recalled. From the CDC: “If the label says “grown in Salinas” (whether alone or with the name of another location), don’t eat it. Throw it away. “If it isn’t labeled with a growing region, don’t eat it. Throw… Read more »