The Centers for Disease Control are warning consumers to throw out all types of romaine lettuce from the Yuma, Arizona, growing region.
According to a CDC warning, whole heads and hearts of romaine lettuce, along with chopped romaine, salads and salad mixes containing romaine, should be destroyed because of the potential of E. coli.
An expanded warning was recently issued by the CDC based on information from illnesses reported in Alaska. Consumers became ill after eating heads of romaine lettuce from the Yuma growing area, according to the CDC. The new information came from individuals at a correctional institution in Alaska.
For more information, visit https://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/2018/o157h7-04-18/index.html.