Lettuce Linked to E coli

Lettuce in 23 states recalled over E. coli fears: Shredded romaine, ‘grab and go’ salads linked to 19 cases of the illness

Freshway Foods of Sidney, Ohio is recalling lettuce sold under the Freshway and Imperial Sysco brands in 23 states and the District of Columbia because of an E. coli outbreak that has sickened at least 19 people, three of them with life-threatening symptoms.

See the full article here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37005016/ns/health-food_safety/?Gt1=43001/from/ET

The lettuce was sold in: Alabama, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.


In order to prevent contamination in your food – always wash your salad greens and produce no matter what! If you re-wash the “pre-washed” lettuce, you’ll likely prevent getting sick in some of these contamination cases. Once, I found a bug in my “washed 3 times organic salad mix”, so it’s worth the extra 5 mins!

Blessings,

Ashley