OT Romaine lettuce is not safe to eat, CDC warns U.S. consumers

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  1. Hobbesarable

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    https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/we...safe-to-eat-cdc-warns-us-consumers/ar-BBPV7Lf

    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 doesn’t 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.

    The origin of the outbreak is unknown and remains under investigation. The CDC did not limit the warning to romaine from any particular agricultural area.
    A common strain of E.coli was detected in six of the sickened people, and appears to match the bacterial strain found in an outbreak of illnesses from contaminated leafy greens late last year that affected people in both the U.S. and Canada. That outbreak was declared over in January.

    Five people died in the most recent major outbreak from contaminated romaine, which lasted from March to June of this year and led to 210 cases in 36 states. That outbreak was traced to the Yuma, Ariz. growing region, but investigators never conclusively determined the precise source.

    All three outbreaks — the current one, the one from Yuma and the one from last year — are caused by contamination by this deadly strain called E. coli O157:H7. It produces a Shiga toxin that can cause hemolytic uremic syndrome, a type of kidney failure. Until the 1990s, most E. coli cases in humans came from eating contaminated hamburger. In more recent years, after reforms in the livestock industry, the outbreaks have been most often associated with leafy greens.

    This is a developing story.

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    Its because the mexicans use the romaine as toilet paper in the fields! :NOTMARIS:
     
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    Damn I love Romaine
     
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    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Funny
     
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    Romaine is for women. Butter lettuce is where its at.
     
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    You trying to get banned?
     
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    Butt-er lettuce sounds more appropriate than romaine in the fields. Just sayin’ ........ :bgrin:
     
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    300 mass shootings and how many hundreds dead - don’t fuck with our guns
    32 people are sick with E. coli - get it off the shelves don’t sell this shit!
     
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    Lettuce kills
     
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    What if I grow it myself?
     
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    You should be able to eat it unless @EL PRESIDENTE is using yours as toilet paper. :MARIS61:
     
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    My wife does every year. I'm Still here and nearly 59 years too.
     
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    Butter lettuce? LOL, not knocking the name just kind of funny that someone would find that more manly than romaine.
    We eat romaine at every meal, well, my wife does. I eat it in Caesar salads and in some sandwiches because it's crunchy.
     
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