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On Friday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released an advisory warning consumers and retailers not to eat or sell any romaine lettuce harvested in the Salinas, CA growing region.

Missa Bay, LLC, a Swedesboro, NJ subsidiary of Bonduelle, issued a recall of salad products on November 21st in connection to an ongoing Escherichia coli O157:H7 outbreak. 

Testing was conducted on one unopened salad that had been purchased by one of the patients identified in the outbreak. The presence of E. coli was detected in the salad’s romaine lettuce.   

The comment period will now close on December 5, 2019 in response to requests for additional time to submit comments.  

Last week, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) penned a letter to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue requesting more transparency when it comes to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA FSIS)’s collection of microbiological testing data from slaughterhouses and meat and poultry processing establishments.   

The FDA is conducting this assignment following multiple outbreaks of foodborne illness associated with the consumption of romaine lettuce.   

Mann Packing Company, headquartered in Salinas, CA, has issued yet another recall of various vegetable products sold to a number of U.S. and Canadian-based retailers.

Earlier this month, President Donald Trump announced plans to nominate Dr. Stephen Hahn as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s next Commissioner.

This week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a summary report of its cucumber sampling program.

Yesterday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) shared, for the first time, news of yet another Escherichia coli O157:H7 outbreak—this time sickening 23 people—that was likely linked to romaine lettuce. No deaths have been reported.