A nationwide outbreak of E. coli linked to romaine lettuce has now claimed a life, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday. The death, reported from California, is the first known fatality in an outbreak that has infected over 120 people across 25 states, the CDC said. The agency has pinned the outbreak on contaminated romaine lettuce from the Yuma, Arizona, region. That includes whole heads and hearts of romaine, as well as chopped romaine, baby romaine, organic romaine, and salads and salad mixes containing romaine lettuce, the CDC said. The latest public health emergency follows an earlier E. coli outbreak linked to romaine reported earlier this year.

Source: Huffington Post May 02, 2018 21:22 UTC