CDC: Don’t eat romaine lettuce. If you have any, throw it away.

NorthCascades
NorthCascades Posts: 10,968 Member
edited December 1 in Food and Nutrition
FYI.

The reason for the dire warning is an outbreak of a strain of E. coli linked to romaine lettuce. Thirty-two people in 11 states have been sickened by the Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O157:H7 strain, and 13 of them were hospitalized. Additionally, 18 people have been infected in Canada.

It’s a significant warning from the CDC to call out all romaine. Usually, the agency tries to issue warnings on specific brands or manufactures of food. This time, they still haven’t found the common grower, supplier, distributor, or brand of romaine lettuce that’s making people sick. So to try to prevent the outbreak from spreading, they’re taking the extreme measure of warning consumers against all of it.

https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/11/20/18105364/cdc-romaine-lettuce-e-coli-outbreak

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  • michael1976_ca
    michael1976_ca Posts: 3,488 Member
    It's bad on both side's of the borders Canada and USA
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,885 Member
    Been discussed. I first saw the news Tuesday early afternoon (immediately after eating a salad that included romaine for lunch). ;-)
  • Steph_135
    Steph_135 Posts: 3,280 Member
    My mom warned me. :)
  • Kupla71
    Kupla71 Posts: 1,506 Member
    I threw mine out. Too bad. I was really looking forward to eating my usual Caesar salad for lunch all week :-(
  • estherdragonbat
    estherdragonbat Posts: 5,283 Member
    For those living near stores that have a large Jewish clientele, while it's pricy, bagged "Bodek" romaine is safe.

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  • snickerscharlie
    snickerscharlie Posts: 8,578 Member
    edited November 2018
    wilson10102018 wrote: »
    This is all pretty stupid. 40 million people ate Romaine last week and 43 got sick. Odds, one in one million, more or less. About the same odds as being strangled or electrocuted. And, those are deaths.

    My local chain grocery store that tracks purchases for a reward system sent me an email last week because I had recently purchased romaine at their store. In the email, they noted that they were contacting me "In an over-abudence of caution." And you know what? I appreciated it! For a few bucks, I'd rather throw out the damn lettuce than play russian roulette with the health of my family - whatever the odds.
  • FitAndLean_5738
    FitAndLean_5738 Posts: 90 Member
    I threw mine out and was so disappointed. I was going to make a cute little turkey boat "taco" with it. But into the trash it went.
  • FitAndLean_5738
    FitAndLean_5738 Posts: 90 Member
    wilson10102018 wrote: »
    This is all pretty stupid. 40 million people ate Romaine last week and 43 got sick. Odds, one in one million, more or less. About the same odds as being strangled or electrocuted. And, those are deaths.

    That's one way of looking at it. But my entire family tends to eat the same thing and I have 4 younger siblings. I would rather toss the entire bag of lettuce than watch any of them suffer, no matter how small the chance of it happening is. I am 100% sure my parents will agree with me.

    If you're just preparing something for you then I could see why you wouldn't think it was a big deal. I think most people are more concerned with the health of the people around them.
  • lillyy23
    lillyy23 Posts: 136 Member
    what kind of lettuce can I eat ? I bought it by accident and ate it i didnt know :(
    is red leaf or iceburg lettuce okay?
  • snickerscharlie
    snickerscharlie Posts: 8,578 Member
    lillyy23 wrote: »
    what kind of lettuce can I eat ? I bought it by accident and ate it i didnt know :(
    is red leaf or iceburg lettuce okay?

    Anything other than romaine is excluded from the advisory.
  • wilson10102018
    wilson10102018 Posts: 1,306 Member
    I could give an advisory that driving in the rain would increase your likelihood of a fatal accident and provide you more protection than the CDC's Romaine advisory.

    Here: "Its gonna rain tomorrow. Don't drive."
  • happytree923
    happytree923 Posts: 463 Member
    wilson10102018 wrote: »
    I could give an advisory that driving in the rain would increase your likelihood of a fatal accident and provide you more protection than the CDC's Romaine advisory.

    Here: "Its gonna rain tomorrow. Don't drive."

    This is very easy to say if you are not the parent of young children or immunocompromised.
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