The FDA is lifting the advisory to avoid romaine lettuce from Salinas as the growing season is over, and there is no longer a need to avoid it.

Earlier this month, the FDA participated in a meeting of the Leafy Greens Food Safety Task Force in response to the serious outbreak of E.coli associated with romaine lettuce that occurred earlier this year. During that meeting the FDA shared a preliminary hypothesis that may link the outbreak to water near a Concentrated Animal Feeding […]

While the FDA continues to investigate a multi-state outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 associated with romaine lettuce the administration says any contaminated product from the Yuma growing region has already worked its way through the food supply and is no longer available for consumption. As the romaine lettuce outbreak, that has claimed five lives and […]

As the FDA continues to investigate a multi-state outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 linked to romaine lettuce grown in Yuma, Arizona, confusion continues regarding the sources of romaine lettuce currently being harvested and shipped to restaurants and grocery stores. California and Arizona Leafy Greens Marketing Agreements, which represent companies producing 90 percent of the leafy […]

While romaine lettuce production has slowed down for the season in Arizona, the leafy green industry is working diligently with federal agencies to gather accurate information on the recent E. coli O157:H7 outbreak. “We are concerned about the impact to the country and especially for those who have suffered from this outbreak,” said Arizona Leafy Greens […]

The multi-state outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 in romaine lettuce has definitely raised some questions among consumers about what is safe to eat and California leafy green producers want to help provide some answers. “The leafy greens community takes the responsibility of producing safe leafy greens very seriously. Not only are the foods we grow […]