E. Coli outbreak associated with romaine lettuce

 In response to an ongoing nationwide outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 Public Health Seattle-King County is advising the public to not eat (and discard) romaine lettuce, and retailers and restaurants to not serve or sell any romaine lettuce, including salads and salad mixes containing romaine, until more is known about the outbreak. 

Restaurants, retailers, and consumers should clean and sanitize surfaces where romaine lettuce was stored. 

If you have questions and would like to speak with the Food Program staff, please call 206-263-9566. 

For further details related to this multi-state, multi-province outbreak please see CDC’s advisory page here: https://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/2018/o157h7-11-18/index.html