date:Dec 16, 2019
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is providing an update on our investigation of an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 illnesses linked to romaine lettuce. The FDA takes its responsibility of protecting the public from unsafe food very seriously and is committed to providing the public with more information as it becomes available.
Outbreaks Reported
Early on, based on test results provided by the Maryland Department of Health, our investigation pointed to farms in Salinas, California, as p