Three Separate Romaine Lettuce Outbreaks Declared Over
Three separate Escherichia coli O157:H7 outbreaks tied to romaine lettuce grown in the Salinas, CA, growing region have officially been declared over, according to press releases issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Consumers are no longer being advised to avoid romaine lettuce from Salinas as the growing season for that region is now over.
It was reported in mid-December 2019 that public health experts were investigating three separate outbreaks caused by three different strains of E. coli O157:H7. During that traceback, investigators were able to identify a common grower between each of the three outbreaks based on available supply chain data. That grower has not been publicly named.