https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/romaine-lettuce-is-not-safe-to-eat-cdc-warns-us-consumers/2018/11/20/726d0ae6-ece9-11e8-96d4-0d23f2aaad09_story.html?utm_term=.d93322d384c7
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. The Public Health Agency of Canada has reported 18 people infected with
the same strain of E. coli. No deaths have been reported.
“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,” the CDC said in the Food Safety Alert issued shortly before 3 p.m.
No more Caesar salads for now
ah yes, my favorite modern california tradition, Caesar Salad Lent
Assuming everyone in the US eats romaine lettuce that's 0.0000098% of the population infected. Or even if only 80 million people eat romaine lettuce thats 0.0000399%. I think I'm ok to eat my romaine still.
when you've got salad cancer aids don't say you weren't warned
Well waddya know, Todd likes meat aswell!
I should buy some meat along with Skyrim and Fallout 76!
You're only taking into account the number of people who have gone to their doctor or a hospital as a result of eating romaine lettuce. I imagine there's a lot more people who have come down with something fierce who haven't yet gone to get medical help. A couple people I know said they were feeling shitty, how much of that is due to eating lettuce as opposed to an unrelated stomach bug is unknown.
Why stop there? Oblivion, Morrowind, and Fallout 3 are fan favorites! Oldies, but goodies!
i mean, it's a plant that grows in fertilizer that has hundreds of tightly-bound leaves. it's impossible to make them 100% clean. I'm surprised this doesn't happen more.
I just ate a huge salad consisting entirely of Romaine
Oh boy oh boy hope I don't catch massive shitting syndrome
what a rotten way to die
this is what happens when you put an industry shill in the usda, at least sonny perdue isn't as bad as sam clovis but he's still fought against regs
Fuck. After months of eating garbage food, I bought a caesar salad at the store and ate it yesterday, and then this happens. Very funny, universe...
Am currently reporting no feelings of sickness or deadly explosive diarrhea.
First it's the turkey, and now salad is off limits. What's next? I bet the stuffing is made from wood shavings and gizzard bits.
I got ecoli from chipotle a few years back but didnt go to the doctors until after I stopped shitting blood and could actually walk to the front door without getting winded so I didnt get counted in the offical tally.
