CDC alert: Avoid all romaine lettuce due to E. coli outbreak
Just days before Thanksgiving, the CDC says consumers should avoid all romaine lettuce due to an E. coli outbreak.
Author: Tegna
Published: 3:02 PM EST November 20, 2018
Updated: 4:31 PM EST November 20, 2018
The Centers for Disease Control issued a food safety alert on Tuesday warning consumers to avoid all romaine lettuce due to another multi-state E. coli outbreak in the U.S. and Canada.
According to the CDC alert, there have already been 32 reported cases of E. coli linked to this outbreak across 11 states. While the department has yet to pinpoint an exact cause, epidemiologic evidence indicated that romaine lettuce is likely the source of this outbreak.
Thirteen people so far have been hospitalized in the U.S., including one person who developed a type of kidney failure, the alert said. Those infected so far range in age from 7 to 84 years. No deaths have been reported.
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