CDC: E. coli outbreak linked to Wendy's grows to 84 reported cases
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As a precaution, the fast food chain has removed the romaine lettuce used in sandwiches from restaurants in that region. A different type of romaine lettuce is used in salads.
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Wendy's pulls lettuce from sandwiches amid E. coli outbreak
Headline from Local News 8 ·
Don't eat Wendy's sandwiches or salad with romaine lettuce, Consumer Reports warns
Headline from CBS News ·
CDC: E. coli sickens 84 people in four states; most ate lettuce at a Wendy's
Headline from CBS News ·
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CDC: E. coli outbreak linked to Wendy's grows to 84 reported cases
The outbreak has not been definitively linked to the fast food chain's lettuce, though many of those who fell ill said they ate there before they got sick, the CDC said.
The fast-food chain Wendy’s says it is pulling lettuce from sandwiches in its restaurants in Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania after people eating them there reported falling ill.
Federal health officials said that while 37 people had been sickened and 10 hospitalized, it was safe to eat at the fast-food chain and to buy romaine lettuce.
Thirty-seven related cases of E. coli have been reported in four states — Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania — over the span of just two weeks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.
The CDC said the source has not been determined but said many of the sickened people had reported eating sandwiches with romaine lettuce at Wendy's restaurants in four Midwestern states.
MONDAY, Aug 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) - - Amid an E. coli outbreak that has sickened at least 37 people in four states, the Wendy's fast food chain has removed
As a precaution, the fast food chain has removed the romaine lettuce used in sandwiches from restaurants in that region. A different type of romaine lettuce is used in salads.
