A massive E.coli outbreak in romaine lettuce has been detected. News 8 reports:
(WTNH) – Just days before Thanksgiving, the CDC is advising that U.S. consumers stay away from romaine lettuce following an E.colioutbreak.
On Tuesday, the CDC said any romaine lettuce should not be eaten, and retailers and restaurants should not sell or serve any.
This comes after an outbreak of E.coli infections has been linked to the lettuce.
32 people infected with the outbreak strain have been reported from 11 states, including one person in Connecticut, according to the CDC. These illnesses started in October.
The CDC doesn’t specify which stores would have infected E.coli, as normally is the case, but this reaches across many states. Be warned.
quick send it all to tijuana as a food donation…
I am curious as to who is causing an increase in recalls ever since the mass of refugees have been entered and employed in the U.S. How many are refugees in the fields or food handling companies? How many of the illegals from south of the border also are working in these areas and causing these food recalls. We know that there is a lot of corruption with money being paid out by billionaires to cause disruption in our lifestyle. Are there the same to disrupt our food supply? Perhaps to cause a disruption in our holiday and spirit as a terror tactic? Have all the illegals and refugees been vetted yet. When obama was acting as a president (not really) he said all his refugees are ok and don’t need to be vetted and how do you vet an illegal? They are not known to be here. This is all a sham and the government is doing little to stop it. the leaders can afford to have their own private supply and tasters if required and analysis of all foods, can we? that’s why we have the fda and most times they are too late and end up picking up the pieces. but my real concern is that we do not have enough law enforcement and investigative services to protect our nation and the 330 million citizens, minus the 50 million refugees and illegals. It is time the funds we spend on FOREIGN AID helping FOREIGN NATIONS be brought home and spent on bringing us up to date on ratios equivalent of the 1950’s to the population. In the meantime the present President should review the places where we need the help and temporarily place the military in an assistance role, not with martial law but with assistance, moreso with border protection, all along the north and south borders and coastal, with an increase in Coast Guard and air cover as well. And increases to the FBI and DOJ in all offices and foreign offices coordination, .
but it’s organic.. meaning grown in manure. I hope No-one thinks that any amount of automatic washing can really thoroughly clean every head of lettuce completely or effectively.
They have to recall and throw if out because 1) consumers will get sick as a result of failing to thoroughly clean the lettuce 2) you risk contamination of other food through handling and contact during transportation and display at the grocery store. (think about the person who handles 4 or four heads of lettuce before selecting one. then they handle other foods like apples and tomatoes.. you get the picture. ) I’m sure there’s a million other ways to spread the contamination
32 cases in 11 states in just one month! For this, the CDC, being unable to find any trace of what made all relate to one variety of lettuce, has shown how their pledge to “save us from ourselves” did the only possible thing…call it a national emergency that needs to have all existing Romaine lettuce be destroyed in some accidental way that kills all the e-coli bacteria suspected as being found only in this food everywhere except out of the U.S.? How dumb do we have to be before we see this as a phony ‘fake news’ item?
Or take the other view…its so pervasive as to say that few will be alive long enough to read this?
Our Romaine will be produced without any inorganic substances on towers in your yard. If you add e-coli to it, you should beware of the risk of not washing your hands.
When I read this i thought, oh wow, just before Thanksgiving this comes out. I recall this happened last year around now and as I always but 3 paks of Romain lettuce as I love a great Caesar salad, I”ll chance it and so far all is good! This is something that usually happens in the orient, especially china where they use human feces to fertilize the felds, Ever wonder why their cabbages are the size of baksetballs? Along with being one huge prison, it also’s a toilet, sewer and SHITHOLE!
Stupid comments. Whether or not CDC overreacted, they did the right thing … clearly (to me) that they were not being malicious.
I would rather get CDC’s best judgement than being a contrarian.
I would have more faith in them if they would report all the facts surrounding such events rather than just the information sufficient to keep the sunlight away and the money flowing. The problem is partly that these organizations are run by people who have a requirement to have their organization “look good” or they tend to become unemployed. Those people value their position and power far more than they value your life. They (the CDC) clearly demonstrated they were a part of the bureaucracy #meToo movement back during the ebola scare a few years back.
Ergo: my blind trust they do not have.