Adam Bros. Farms of Santa Maria, California where the Food and Drug Administration found the strain of E. coli that caused the current romaine lettuce recall is recalling red leaf lettuce, green leaf lettuce and cauliflower.
The California farm said in a statement that it was doing so “out of an abundance of caution.”
The recall is for the three types of produce that were grown in particular fields and harvested between Nov. 27-30 and were distributed to wholesalers in California, Arizona, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania, along with Canada and Tijuana, Mexico. Both red and green leaf lettuce were sent to wholesalers in California, Colorado, Minnesota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas and Washington state.
Last week, the FDA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that E. coli associated with the romaine lettuce outbreak had been detected in the sediment of a reservoir used to irrigate the farm.
While no deaths have been reported so far, nearly 60 illnesses from contaminated romaine lettuce have been reported in 15 states, with 23 people being hospitalized.
According to the FDA’s website, “Traceback information from five restaurants in four different states have identified 11 different distributors, nine different growers and eight different farms as potential sources of the contaminated lettuce. The information indicates that the outbreak may not be explained by a single farm, grower, harvester or distributor.”
By: Maytinee Kramer
