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title: "Fast Casual: CDC Expands Warnings on E. coli, Yuma-Sourced Romaine Lettuce"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/7527db4b-df7e-472a-865c-8b11b917bb66
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/fast-casual-cdc-expands-warnings-on-e-coli-yuma-sourced-romaine-lettuce-2706345
category: "Regulation"
topics: ["Regulation & legal","Development & multi-unit"]
published: 2018-04-23T16:11:26.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:03:41.387Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/7695bcbd88c2796407926b9d44d5dba22714.jpg
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# Fast Casual: CDC Expands Warnings on E. coli, Yuma-Sourced Romaine Lettuce

**TL;DR:** The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has expanded a warning regarding E. coli-infected romaine lettuce originating from Yuma, Arizona. The warning now includes all types of romaine lettuce from the Yuma growing region.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-04-23. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/fast-casual-cdc-expands-warnings-on-e-coli-yuma-sourced-romaine-lettuce-2706345).*

## Story

In an announcement that is certain to impact much of the foodservice segment of the franchise industry, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has expanded a warning regarding E. coli-infected romaine lettuce originating from Yuma, Arizona.

According to an article on fastcasual.com , the CDC expanded its original warning, which identified chopped romaine salads and salad mixes as potentially affected items, to include all types of romaine lettuce originating from the Yuma, Arizona growing region, including whole heads and hearts.

A major challenge in controlling the outbreak has been identifying the affected produce. Romaine lettuce originating from Yuma is not limited to one market or region, and product labels often do not identify growing regions. So far, 53 people from 16 states have been reported as infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli.

The CDC is investigating the outbreak. For now, they are asking all restaurants and retailers to ask their suppliers for information regarding the growing region of their romaine lettuce.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- General (sector)
- Arizona (location)
- FastCasual (publication)
- regulation (topic)
- food safety (topic)
- U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (regulator)
- Yuma (location)
- outbreak (topic)
- produce sourcing (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/fast-casual-cdc-expands-warnings-on-e-coli-yuma-sourced-romaine-lettuce-2706345). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/7527db4b-df7e-472a-865c-8b11b917bb66).