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"Canadian health authorities identified romaine lettuce as the source of the outbreak in Canada, and are advising people in the country’s eastern provinces to consider eating other types of salad greens until further notice. In the U.S., government health officials are investigating the outbreaks, but have stopped short of recommending people avoid romaine lettuce or any other food."
"Washing your greens is a good idea, but won’t necessarily get rid of dangerous E. coli, which can cling to nooks and crannies in the leaves, Rogers notes."
"Canadian health authorities identified romaine lettuce as the source of the outbreak in Canada, and are advising people in the country’s eastern provinces to consider eating other types of salad greens until further notice. In the U.S., government health officials are investigating the outbreaks, but have stopped short of recommending people avoid romaine lettuce or any other food."
"Washing your greens is a good idea, but won’t necessarily get rid of dangerous E. coli, which can cling to nooks and crannies in the leaves, Rogers notes."
The Public Health Agency of Canada doesn't fool around. Thank you for posting that.
More silliness. Listen, I don't know what your beef is with me on this. It was DAY ONE of the announcement. It had just hit the news. I was giving her information that she didn't have. Enough of your anger at this and at me.
I don't have any "beef" with you. Neither am I angry. I was just responding to your post, which is something people do on message boards.
An acquaintance of mine pointed out to me that E. coli is a very real problem due to the fact that lettuce farmers don't give their field workers bathroom breaks. As I ate sub-par Cobb Salad, mind you.
Perhaps she IS onto something.
True, but doesn't this problem affect other produce? I remember awhile back berries were contanimated with hepatitis from lack of sanitary bathroom breaks for the farm workers. The berries were frozen. I believe spinach has also had similar contamination years ago.
Its probably not a bad idea to abstain from romaine lettuce until the source is verified in the U.S.
this doesn't seem to be a huge outbreak, and is thinly scattered across 13 states (and Canada). From the CDC website;
"Seventeen illnesses have been reported from California (3), Connecticut (2), Illinois (1), Indiana (1), Michigan (1), Nebraska (1), New Hampshire (2), New York (1), Ohio (1), Pennsylvania (1), Virginia (1), Vermont (1) and Washington (1). Illnesses started on dates from November 15 through December 8, 2017. The Public Health Agency of Canada also is investigating an outbreak of STEC O157:H7 infections in several provinces."
So if your lettuce is newer than December 8, it's probably less likely to be a problem. If you're eating month-old lettuce, well, that's a whole other story.
I grow a lot of veggies, but only ones that I can cook. I'm worried about rat lung disease, spread by snails and slugs. A head of romaine lettuce would make a lovely resting spot for those slimy pests.
Well, if y'all stop hearing from me, let it be known that I had three leaves in yesterday's submarine.
Mom told me a story about why to wash is because those picking the stuff wouldn't go far from their work to relieve themselves. Sounds good to me.
SIGH! What is the world coming do when you can't have a traditional Caesar salad? Can't have the lettuce because of contamination, can't make it with a raw egg, can't........
well just another opinion, but for me, reading and taking what consumers Report has to say is like listening to my 5 year great granddaughter and believing everything she has to say. I used to subscribe to them, did off and on for years, but there were too many questionable articles to take them seriously . They are just like an organization, their tests are not done on enough people to give a good, clear answer. It is still mostly scare tactics: enjoyable to read? Yes, accurate I don't happen to think so.
It's also been on the news, there is an e-coli outbreak affecting Romaine lettuce. I do though trust CR. They are the only review organization/magazine that doesn't take ads. I would trust their review of a car before I trust the same car reviewed in Car and Driver when the magazine has $180,000 in ads from the car company in it.
My only complaint about it is that they only review expensive items. The cheapest air conditioner will be $540, when I want to know about the $180 one in Home Depot.
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