E. coli linked to romaine lettuce in Ontario, Quebec; products being pulled nationally
UPDATED 11:40 a.m. Wednesday: Loblaw Companies Ltd. has announced it is also removing romaine lettuce products from its stores across Canada.
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Romaine lettuce has begun to disappear from store shelves across Canada, amid an outbreak of E. coli that may be related to a similar outbreak in Dec. 2017.
The Public Health Agency of Canada says on its website that people in Ontario and Quebec should avoid eating romaine lettuce but adds there’s no evidence of it affecting people in other parts of Canada. At least 18 people in Quebec and Ontario have become sick, six of them requiring hospitalization. At least 32 illnesses in the U.S. have also been reported.