FDA Traces New Romaine E.Coli Outbreak To California’s Central Coast

Eight days after first announcing an e.coli outbreak that has sickened 43 people and hospitalized 16, FDA announced Wednesday (Nov. 28) that the outbreak was likely linked to romaine lettuce grown in California this fall. While the outbreak has affected people in Minnesota, California, Maryland and other states across the country, FDA writes that the contaminated lettuce came from six counties in the Central Coast growing region in California: Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz and...