Personal Injury Law

Freshway Foods Recalls Romaine Lettuce

By Edward Bills

Freshway Foods has issued a recall of its bagged shredded romaine lettuce due to a strand of E. coli bacteria found in one of the bags earlier this week. Freshway salads with “use by” dates after May 12 are not affected by the recall, nor are any bulk or prepackaged romaine lettuce or bagged salad mixes using romaine, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The FDA has warned consumers to be careful of “grab-and-go” salads that contain romaine sold at in-store salad bars and delis. So far, at least 19 people have been sickened by the tainted lettuce, mostly in the Northeast and Midwest United States

Full post as published by Bodily Injury Blog on May 07, 2010 (boomark / email).