CDC Food Safety Alert: E. Coli Outbreak Linked to Romaine Lettuce

Post by kefs » Wed, Nov 21, 2018, 6:03 PM UTC

elipsey wrote: post #29

The offending strain in both the current outbreak, and a major outbreak in June, is E. coli O157:H7, which is a less common strain typically associated with cattle or other livestock.[1] CDC analysis (also helpfully linked by craftyguy) of the previous outbreak of this strain, which hospitalized or killed people in 36 states, found that the source was contaminated canal water used for irrigation near Yuma AZ.[2] A la…

Post by b_tterc_p » Wed, Nov 21, 2018, 8:58 PM UTC

windexh8er wrote: post #62

village-idiot wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're missing the point. You cook meat the vast majority of the time. This massively reduces the risk of foodborne illness. Lettuce on the other hand, is eaten raw. As a sibling comment mentioned, at best lettuce gets a rinse, if that. So while the source isn't actually the lettuce itself, lettuce is the perfect carrier. This is why produce is the source of half of US food poisonings, while meat and poultry only cau…

I'm not missing the point at all because it's highly unlikely that home food prep adequately cooks food. It's a well known fact more people take on risk of eating undercooked meat and shellfish by choice. And this is part of my original point. You're conflating things that aren't true because of a failure to understand the root cause. Maybe this can help you educate yourself: http://extension.colostate.edu/topic-area…