In 2010 Congress passed the Food Safety Modernization Act, authorizing the Food and Drug Administration to work up comprehensive safety regulations. announced that 35 people from 11 states had become ill from the same strain of E. coli, now linked to romaine lettuce from the Yuma region of Arizona. But it turns out that romaine is not romaine is not romaine. Advertisement Continue reading the main story“We have to take into consideration every possibility,” Dr. Ostroff said. “We will be engaging discussion with industry to identify ways to do better labeling and traceability of products,” Dr. Ostroff said.

Source: New York Times May 07, 2018 06:22 UTC