This past year there was five deaths and over 210 sicknesses due to an E. Coli breakout. This year the FDA has been working very hard to find the cause of this E. Coli breakout. Recently, this week, the FDA has released that the possible reason for this outbreak was due to dirty canal water that was used to grow romaine lettuce. NBC News wrote that the outbreak was “traced to romaine lettuce grown around Yuma, Arizona. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration cautioned people to avoid romaine lettuce unless they could be sure that it wasn’t grown in the Yuma area.” Thankfully they have found the exact location were the dirty canal water was located to stop E. Coli from growing and infesting other foods. [1 image, 1 link, 1 quote, 133 words]
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