Current Events > Romaine lettuce is not safe to eat, CDC warns U.S. consumers

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Heads up for everyone going into this holiday weekend

Romaine lettuce is unsafe to eat in any form, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday in a broad alert in response to a new outbreak of illnesses caused by a particularly dangerous type of E. coli contamination.

The CDC told consumers to throw away any romaine lettuce they may already have purchased. Restaurants should not serve it, stores should not sell it, and people should not buy it, no matter where or when the lettuce was grown. It doesnt matter if it is chopped, whole head or part of a mix. All romaine should be avoided.

The CDC alert, issued just two days before Americans sit down for their Thanksgiving dinners, reported that 32 people in 11 states have become sick from eating contaminated romaine. Of those, 13 have been hospitalized, with one patient suffering from a form of kidney failure. No deaths have been reported.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/wellness/romaine-lettuce-is-not-safe-to-eat-cdc-warns-us-consumers/ar-BBPV7Lf
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So is this specific to romaine or
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Don't trust anything the Trump controlled government says.
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Didnt read lol.

Seriously why would you ever get lettuce instead of spinach?
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P4wn4g3 posted...

So is this specific to romaine or

yes.

sorry, forgot the link

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/wellness/romaine-lettuce-is-not-safe-to-eat-cdc-warns-us-consumers/ar-BBPV7Lf
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Already ate some today! That's great!
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PepsiWithCoke posted...

Don't trust anything the Trump controlled government says.

can't wait for trump to denounce romania for selling us contaminated lettuce
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And i work in a produce department.

I'm not looking forward to tomorrow.
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This is why I dont eat vegetables
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PepsiWithCoke posted...

Don't trust anything the Trump controlled government says.

Ehh

But the CDC

Maybe the study needs corroborated though
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legendary_zell posted...

Already ate some today! That's great!

just be careful. obviously toss the rest.

or burn it.
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KnightofShikari posted...

PepsiWithCoke posted...

Don't trust anything the Trump controlled government says.

can't wait for trump to denounce romania for selling us contaminated lettuce

xD
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This shit again. I had to throw it out last time this happened and I just bought a bag of romaine salad. Fucking Ecoli

Does this have any chance of also affecting other leafy vegetables? I ate some cilantro today
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I had an entire bag last night ._. I feel fine...
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you don't make friends with salad
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What's the point of even eating this stuff when it's always being recalled for e coli?
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First e. coli gets in our green onion and now romaine lettuce.

PhazonReborn posted...

Does this have any chance of also affecting other leafy vegetables? I ate some cilantro today

Just romaine.
https://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/2018/o157h7-11-18/index.html
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PhazonReborn posted...

Does this have any chance of also affecting other leafy vegetables? I ate some cilantro today

idk i'm eating my kale salad as normal
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It hasn't been reported in my state but food prep (chopping veggies) seems to be shared at restaurants so cross contamination is very real
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Well fuck
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Yeah, my restaurant threw it all out today.
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Why the fuck does this always specifically happen to romaine lettuce?

I've never heard of it happening to Boston lettuce.
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Yeah my restaurant is tossing both our spring mixes and romaine
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yea, when I opened up the Door Dash app, it was saying how all items with romaine lettuce have it substituted with something else
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Motherfucking romaine lettuce

Shit is always getting recalled

PepsiWithCoke posted...

And i work in a produce department.

I'm not looking forward to tomorrow.

Did that for a few months a few years ago

Hated every minute of it lmao

The peak of my hatred was when a woman argued with me about the authenticity of our organic grapes because they were seedless

Like lady I just throw this shit out here call the vineyard number on the bag and take it up with them
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I feel like this psa comes out every few years
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Tyranthraxus posted...

Why the fuck does this always specifically happen to romaine lettuce?

I've never heard of it happening to Boston lettuce.

E. coli scared of Boston
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Eat meat instead
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Spinach >>> romaine
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DarkChozoGhost posted...

Yeah, my restaurant threw it all out today.

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_Lyonidias posted...

Spinach >>> romaine

Yeah I prefer spinach salad too now.

No dressing, just shove handfuls of Spinach, cheese, hard boiled eeg and bacon bits in my mouth like a damn savage.
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Remember, this is just another attempt to hook low-income people on fast foods so they get sicker and get trapped in the healthcare industrial complex when they can't pay their life-saving medical costs.
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Muffinz0rz posted...

Remember, this is just another attempt to hook low-income people on fast foods so they get sicker and get trapped in the healthcare industrial complex when they can't pay their life-saving medical costs.

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