FDA: Romaine lettuce from California ‘likely’ to blame for E.coli outbreak

By Daniel Chaitin

Published November 23, 2018 5:01pm ET

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FDA: Romaine lettuce from California ‘likely’ to blame for E.coli outbreak — Romaine lettuce is removed from the shelves of the East End Food Co-op and other local grocery stores due to a recent consumer alert regarding a multi state E.Coli outbreak at the East End Food Co-op Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018, in Pittsburgh. The Co-op has replaced their fresh and bagged romaine lettuce with blue signs reading, "The CDC has issued a Consumer Alert for romaine lettuce due to a multi state E.Coli outbreak." | (Jessie Wardarski/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)

The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that efforts are underway to remove romaine lettuce from California from the supply chain, as they believe an E.coli outbreak likely originated from the Golden State.

In a series of tweets, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said the goal afterwards is to restock the market with untainted produce from different growing regions.

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