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posted by Fnord666 on Friday November 23 2018, @02:25PM   Printer-friendly
from the give-a-crap...one-way-or-another dept.

The US CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) are warning of a serious multi-state E. Coli O157:H7 outbreak that has sickened 32 people, caused 11 hospitalizations, and caused a case of hemolytic uremic syndrome, a type of kidney failure.

CDC is advising consumers, restaurants, and retailers not to eat, serve, or sell any romaine lettuce as it investigates an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections linked to romaine.  Read the investigation announcement: https://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/2018/o157h7-11-18/index.html.

[...] Advice to Consumers, Retailers, and Restaurants:

  • CDC is advising that U.S. consumers not eat any romaine lettuce, and retailers and restaurants not serve or sell any, until we learn more about the outbreak. This investigation is ongoing and the advice will be updated as more information is available.
  • Consumers who have any type of romaine lettuce in their home should not eat it and should throw it away, even if some of it was eaten and no one has gotten sick.
    • This advice includes all types or uses of romaine lettuce, such as whole heads of romaine, hearts of romaine, and bags and boxes of precut lettuce and salad mixes that contain romaine, including baby romaine, spring mix, and Caesar salad.
    • If you do not know if the lettuce is romaine or whether a salad mix contains romaine, do not eat it and throw it away.
  • Restaurants and retailers should not serve or sell any romaine lettuce, including salads and salad mixes containing romaine.
  • People with symptoms of an E. coli infection, such as severe stomach cramps, diarrhea (often bloody), and vomiting, and think you might have gotten sick from eating romaine lettuce, should talk to their doctor and report their illness to the health department.
  • This investigation is ongoing and CDC will provide more information as it becomes available.

As a precautionary measure, they also advise that if you had any Romaine lettuce, to clean your refrigerator and any surfaces with soapy water and then disinfect with a bleach solution.

They emphasize that it is not possible to sufficiently clean any Romaine lettuce you may have as the bacteria can lodge in micro crevices in the lettuce.

Yes, there are more risky things in one's life to worry about. On the other hand, giving up some salad and avoiding a few days of bleeding diarrhea seems a fair trade-off to me.


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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Friday November 23 2018, @03:14PM (6 children)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Friday November 23 2018, @03:14PM (#765549) Journal
    Safety is relative. Lettuce isn't something that is expected to be dangerous.
  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 23 2018, @04:06PM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 23 2018, @04:06PM (#765569)

    Safety is relative. Lettuce isn't something that is expected to be dangerous.

    Going to church isn't expected to be dangerous either. Neither is going to a concert, or the movies, or a nightclub, or to work or to school.

    • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 23 2018, @05:31PM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 23 2018, @05:31PM (#765602)

      Do you go to the movies to watch people killing each other? You like that shit, don't you?

      • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 23 2018, @06:46PM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 23 2018, @06:46PM (#765623)

        I usually go to watch love stories (mostly between a man and his popcorn).

        • (Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday November 24 2018, @07:02AM

          by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Saturday November 24 2018, @07:02AM (#765830) Journal
          Sounds pretty hazardous. Who knows what's in that popcorn grease!
    • (Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday November 24 2018, @07:04AM

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Saturday November 24 2018, @07:04AM (#765832) Journal
      Should we ban those venues because they allegedly are more hazardous than expected?
    • (Score: 2) by etherscythe on Thursday November 29 2018, @03:37PM

      by etherscythe (937) on Thursday November 29 2018, @03:37PM (#767749) Journal

      Statistically speaking, getting in your car and driving somewhere is likely to be the most dangerous thing you do all day. So it does inherently bear some risk of danger.

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