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Jump In Sick Count, Hospitalizations From Romaine Lettuce E. Coli Outbreak Jump In Sick Count, Hospitalizations From Romaine Lettuce E. Coli Outbreak
Jump In Sick Count, Hospitalizations From Romaine Lettuce E. Coli Outbreak The number people sickened as well as those hospitalized as a result of an E. Coli outbreak linked to contaminated chopped romaine lettuce has grown, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. The outbreak that has now sickened 53 people in 16 states, including New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, according to the CDC. A total of 31 have been hospitalized. Consumers anywhere in the United States who have store-bought chopped romaine lettuce at home, including salads and salad mixes containing chopped romaine lettuce, should not eat it and should throw it away, even if some of …

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by Joe Lombardi
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Ready-To-Eat Salads Recalled Due To E. Coli Scare Ready-To-Eat Salads Recalled Due To E. Coli Scare
Ready-To-Eat Salads Recalled Due To E. Coli Scare A manufacturer is voluntarily recalling approximately 8,757 pounds of ready-to-eat salad products that may be contaminated with E. coli, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service. The ready-to-eat salad products were produced from April 9, 2018 to April 12, 2018 by Fresh Foods Manufacturing Co. of Freedom, Pa., and have a shelf life of four days. The following products are subject to recall:  11.5 oz., clear plastic containers of ready-to-eat “CAESAR SALAD WITH CHICKEN.” The product label is marked “Great to Go” by Market District and has a sell …

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Avoid Romaine Lettuce For Now, Yonkers-Based Consumer Reports Says Avoid Romaine Lettuce For Now, Yonkers-Based Consumer Reports Says
Avoid Romaine Lettuce For Now, Yonkers-Based Consumer Reports Says You may want to avoid romaine lettuce in the produce aisle, following an E. coli outbreak that has inflicted dozens of people throughout the country. Over the past seven weeks, 58 people in the United States and Canada have fallen ill from a strain of E. coli bacteria that is believed to have originated from romaine lettuce that has been recently sold. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, infections have occurred in 13 states - including New York - and five people have been hospitalized, including one fatal case. There was a second death in Canada recently reported. …

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by Zak Failla