Contamination
Romaine lettuce contaminated with bacteria Escherichia coli have caused the death of one person and affected 121 others in the United States, record May 3, 2018 the US health authorities.
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US health officials announced on May 3, 2018, the death of a person in California, who had eaten romaine lettuce contaminated with the bacteria Escherichia coli.
Twenty investigations in progress
As of last month, authorities have asked American consumers to discard and not eat any romaine lettuce unless they are sure the salads were not from the Yuma region of southwestern Arizona. The origin of the contamination has not yet been identified and around twenty health investigations targeting different establishments are under way.
“Of the 102 people we have information about, 52 were hospitalized, 14 of whom had developed kidney failure called hemolytic uremic syndrome,” said the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
It is the most severe contamination in the United States since 2006, when more than 200 people were ill due to contamination of spinach with a similar strain ofEscherichia coli.
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