Source: PRODUCE NEWS, 11/20/18


The U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention and the Food & Drug Administration gave food industry associations brief notice Nov. 20 that they were issuing a public advisory telling consumers not to eat Romaine lettuce and food industry not to sell or serve Romaine due to an outbreak of E. coli 0157-H7. But at least two produce industry associations questioned the overly broad recall, noting that no source has been identified for the outbreak.

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