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CDC Warns: Steer Clear Of Romaine E. Coli Outbreak Spreads
« on: April 21, 2018, 07:58:01 AM »
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/romaine-lettuce-warning-cdc-yuma-arizona-e-coli/

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated their warning about a multistate outbreak of E. coli. Formerly linked to just chopped romaine lettuce, the agency has expanded their recommendation to throw away all romaine lettuce — including whole heads of romaine and hearts of romaine, plus chopped romaine and salad mixes containing romaine lettuce — from the Yuma, Arizona growing region.

“Do not buy or eat romaine lettuce at a grocery store or restaurant unless you can confirm it is not from the Yuma, Arizona, growing region,” the agency warned, going on to state that, “Unless the source of the product is known, consumers anywhere in the United States who have any store-bought romaine lettuce at home should not eat it and should throw it away, even if some of it was eaten and no one has gotten sick.”

If you have chopped lettuce in your refrigerator and you are not sure if it is romaine, you should still throw it away, the CDC says.

The expanded warning is based on information from newly reported illnesses in Alaska, who reported eating lettuce from whole heads of romaine lettuce from the Yuma, Arizona growing region. At least 53 people in 16 states have gotten sick from eating contaminated lettuce since March 31, and 31 of them were hospitalized for illnesses linked to the lettuce. Five of them developed a type of potentially life-threatening kidney failure.

The lettuce seems to be coming from the Yuma, Ariz., region, and it is specifically contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. E. coli generally causes severe stomach cramps, diarrhea that is often bloody, and vomiting; it may also cause a fever. Like many other food-borne illnesses, some infections are mild, whereas others can be dangerous.
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Re: CDC Warns: Steer Clear Of Romaine E. Coli Outbreak Spreads
« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2018, 06:48:58 AM »
Oh, wow... I didn't know they upgraded the warning.

Thank you!!

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Re: CDC Warns: Steer Clear Of Romaine E. Coli Outbreak Spreads
« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2018, 12:46:54 PM »


E. coli outbreak spreads to 19 states, prompting 42 hospitalizations

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/romaine-recall-expands-16-states-know-dirty-lettuce-161504112.html
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Re: CDC Warns: Steer Clear Of Romaine E. Coli Outbreak Spreads
« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2018, 03:16:33 PM »
That's awful! It's really fortunate that lately I've only been making salads out of butter lettuce and cabbage.

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Re: CDC Warns: Steer Clear Of Romaine E. Coli Outbreak Spreads
« Reply #4 on: April 26, 2018, 05:02:54 PM »
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The lettuce seems to be coming from the Yuma, Ariz., region, and it is specifically contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. E. coli generally causes severe stomach cramps, diarrhea that is often bloody, and vomiting; it may also cause a fever. Like many other food-borne illnesses, some infections are mild, whereas others can be dangerous.

It latches into the cells and spreads through the plant.

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Re: CDC Warns: Steer Clear Of Romaine E. Coli Outbreak Spreads
« Reply #5 on: May 02, 2018, 08:32:59 PM »
1 death reported in romaine lettuce E. coli outbreak

NEW YORK (AP) — The first death has been reported in a national food poisoning outbreak linked to romaine lettuce.

The death was reported in California, but state and federal health officials did not immediately provide any other details.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its numbers on the outbreak Wednesday, revealing that 121 people had gotten sick in 25 states. At least 52 people have been hospitalized, including 14 with kidney failure, which is an unusually high number of hospitalizations.

The CDC also added Kentucky, Massachusetts and Utah to the states with reported cases.

Health officials have tied the E. coli outbreak to romaine lettuce grown in Yuma, Arizona, which provides most of the romaine sold in the U.S. during the winter.

The growing season in Yuma ended about a month ago, said the University of Arizona's Russell Engel, the director of Yuma County's cooperative extension service.

But even if no one is eating tainted lettuce now, case counts may still rise because there's a lag in reporting. The first illnesses occurred in March, and the most recent began on April 21, the CDC said.

Most E. coli bacteria are not harmful, but some produce toxins that can cause severe illness. People who get sick from toxin-producing E. coli come down with symptoms about three to four days after swallowing the germ, with many suffering bloody diarrhea, severe stomach cramps and vomiting.

Most people recover within a week, but some illnesses can last longer and be more severe.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/1st-death-reported-romaine-lettuce-e-coli-outbreak-192533075.html
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Re: CDC Warns: Steer Clear Of Romaine MORE E. Coli outbreaks
« Reply #6 on: November 21, 2018, 09:34:55 AM »
https://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/2018/o157h7-11-18/index.html

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned US consumers on Tuesday to not eat romaine lettuce, as it may be contaminated with E. coli.
Thirty-two people, including 13 who have been hospitalized, have been infected with the outbreak strain in 11 states, according to the CDC. One of the hospitalized people developed hemolytic uremic syndrome, a potentially life-threatening form of kidney failure. No deaths have been reported.
People have become sick in California, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio and Wisconsin.
The Public Health Agency of Canada has identified an additional 18 people who have become sick with the same strain of E. coli in Ontario and Quebec.

The US Food and Drug Administration, which is also investigating the outbreak, cautions that if you have any romaine lettuce at home, you should throw it away, even if you have eaten some and did not get sick.

FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb said Tuesday that it is "frustrating" that the FDA cannot tie the outbreak to a specific grower, but "we have confidence that it's tied to romaine lettuce."
"Most of the romaine lettuce being harvested right now is coming from the California region, although there's some lettuce coming in from Mexico," he said.
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