You Can Eat Romaine Lettuce, But Not From California

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Nov. 27, 2018 - PRLog -- he Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a new voluntary labeling agreement with romaine producers and distributors who have pledged to label their romaine products with the region where grown and approximate harvest date. This allowed the FDA to lift the warning not to consume romaine lettuce, letting it return to the market, with the exception of romaine harvested in California.

Last week the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the FDA issued a health warning asking not to consume any type of romaine lettuce due to an outbreak of E. coli O157: H7 bacteria that has sickened 43 people in 12 states.

Health agencies stated that that romaine lettuce associated with the outbreak came from areas of California that grow romaine lettuce over the summer months, and that the outbreak appears to be related to "end of season" romaine lettuce harvested from these areas. The involved areas include the Central Coast growing regions of central and northern California.

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