For the second year running, a multi-state E. coli outbreak is forcing Americans to question whether the lettuce we put on our holiday tables will be safe to eat. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced yesterday that a multi-state outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 tied to romaine lettuce has expanded to over 100 people in 23 states, and the full scope of this outbreak is still not yet known.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest, Consumer Federation of America, Consumers Union, The Pew Charitable Trusts and five other organizations pressed the FDA in a letter today to take action in light of the still unsolved multistate outbreak of E. coli infections linked to romaine lettuce that has sickened more than 170 people and caused one death.
Privatizing and deregulating swine slaughter could put consumers at increased risk of foodborne illness, according to the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest. Today the organization urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture to withdraw a proposed rule ostensibly aimed at modernizing the process, and to replace it with a new proposal that prioritizes food safety.
