CDC and FDA Declare Lettuce Safe to Eat and E.Coli Outbreak Over Recently, a warning from the FDA <br />had advised consumers to get rid <br />of lettuce from Salinas, California. The contamination mainly <br />affected romaine lettuce. Illnesses began last September and <br />lasted until nearly the end of 2019. This particular E.Coli strain <br />spread to 27 U.S. states <br />and left 85 people hospitalized. There were no causalities, <br />but the outbreak infected <br />at least 167 people. The FDA also stated that two smaller and similar outbreaks caused by different strains are over as well. Those two strains left <br />21 people sick.
