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# Publisher’s Platform: How is that romaine E. coli traceback coming along?
- URL: https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2019/02/publishers-platform-how-is-that-romaine-e-coli-traceback-coming-along/
- Published: 2019-02-09T05:01:26.000Z
- Updated: 2021-04-08T17:19:15.000Z
- Author: Bill Marler
- Tags: Opinion & Contributed Articles, Bill Marler, E. coli, E. coli outbreaks, FDA, opinion, romaine, romaine outbreaks, traceability, traceback, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-25 10:47

###### Opinion

Lest we forget, as of June 27, 2018, 210 people infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 were reported from 36 states.

Illnesses started on dates ranging from March 13, 2018, to June 6, 2018\. Ill people ranged in age from 1 to 88 years, with a median age of 28\. Sixty-seven percent of ill people were female.

Of 201 people with information available, 96 (48%) were hospitalized, including 27 people who developed hemolytic uremic syndrome, a type of kidney failure. Five deaths were reported from Arkansas, California, Minnesota (2), and New York.

**Here is the traceback chart from the Food and Drug Administration**

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/43/4e/434e508a-5e2f-4102-a53d-00bca10bb4bf/content/images/files/2019/02/fda-romaine-traceback-diagram.jpg)

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**Here is our traceback chart to date**

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/43/4e/434e508a-5e2f-4102-a53d-00bca10bb4bf/content/images/files/2019/02/romaine-distribution-marler-clark-02-08-2019.jpg)

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