Months later, FDA reveals food-borne illness linked to California romaine lettuce
Federal food safety authorities dropped a Halloween surprise Thursday: 23 people in 12 states were sickened by fecal bacteria traced to romaine lettuce between July and early September.E. coli
outbreak because suspect produce was no longer available to consumers when the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention determined it was a possible culprit in mid-September. “The FDA and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control did not identify actionable information for consumers during this investigation. Additionally, when romaine lettuce was identified as the likely source of the outbreak, the available data at the time indicated that the outbreak was not ongoing and romaine lettuce eaten by sick people was past its shelf life and no longer available for sale.”
Illnesses occurred between mid-July and early September in California, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, North Carolina, Nevada, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania and South Carolina. No deaths were reported, and 11 people were hospitalized.
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