Source: FOOD SAFETY NEWS, 6/28/18



This NASA photo shows a canal snaking through the Arizona desert near Yuma, AZ. Such canals carry water to communities and farmers. Federal officials say contaminated canal water near romaine lettuce growing fields is the likely source of the unusually virulent strain of E. coli that has sickened people across 36 states, killing five. The outbreak is over, according to an update this afternoon from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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