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Salad likely caused 2019 E. coli outbreak in United Kingdom

By Joe Whitworth on August 31, 2021

More than 30 people were part of an E. coli outbreak in the United Kingdom linked to salad in sandwiches in 2019, according to a study.

It was the first UK-wide foodborne outbreak of Shiga…
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Hundreds, mainly children, sick in large Salmonella outbreak

By News Desk on July 1, 2021

Almost 450 people have fallen ill in Finland with salad from Sweden suspected to be the source of infection.

Officials in the city of Jyväskylä are investigating Salmonella cases and absence of children and staff…
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New testing program seeks to shed light on leafy greens outbreaks

By News Desk on May 11, 2021

The Food and Drug Administration announced today that it will be collecting and testing samples of lettuce grown in California’s Salinas Valley from local commercial coolers from May through November 2021. 

The agency will test…
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Yersinia outbreak linked to imported iceberg lettuce

By Joe Whitworth on March 20, 2021

An outbreak of Yersinia in Sweden has ended with iceberg lettuce as the suspected source of infection.

From January until the beginning of February this year, twice as many people fell ill with Yersinia infection…
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Farms growing red cabbage and iceberg lettuce for Fresh Express are suspects in Cyclospora outbreak

By News Desk on August 14, 2020

A  traceback investigation by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has identified several farms in the U.S. that may have provided products used in the Fresh Express salads that were recalled over Cyclospora.

Multiple farms…
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Canadian E. coli Outbreak Nears 30

By News Desk on January 17, 2013

According to the Public Health Agency of Canada, one additional case of E. coli O157:H7 illness was confirmed in Ontario as part of the ongoing outbreak linked to lettuce. This brings the total number of…
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Two More Ill in Canadian E. coli Outbreak

By Gretchen Goetz on January 15, 2013

Another two cases of E. coli O157:H7 have been linked to lettuce sold at fast food locations in Canada, bringing the total number of illnesses related to this food to 28. Both new cases occurred…
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Salmonella Concerns Prompt Iceberg Lettuce Recall

By News Desk on December 31, 2011

In what is one of the most confusing recalls ever, some Kroger grocery stores in North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio, and Smith’s grocery stores in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana and Nevada were…
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More Lettuce Recalled Due to Listeria

By News Desk on October 15, 2011

In a recall related to one previously announced by Giant Eagle, the Pittsburgh-based grocer chain, the producer River Ranch Fresh Foods of Salinas, CA announced Friday that it is taking 2,154 cases of various bagged…

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Listeria Test Causes Iceberg Lettuce Recall

By News Desk on October 14, 2011

Giant Eagle, the Pittsburgh-based grocery chain, is recalling bags of shredded Iceberg lettuce and some deli sandwiches because they may be contaminated with Listeria.

The Food and Drug Administration informed the company that a random…

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