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title: "You Only Need to Avoid Romaine Lettuce From Select California Locations"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/848e0f55-7830-45d3-8823-e9c00f2b17b4
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/you-only-need-to-avoid-romaine-lettuce-from-select-california-locations-2708545
category: "General"
published: 2018-11-27T15:10:01.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:31:19.508Z
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# You Only Need to Avoid Romaine Lettuce From Select California Locations

**TL;DR:** The CDC warned consumers to avoid romaine lettuce from certain California locations due to an E. coli outbreak. The FDA is encouraging consumers to throw out any romaine that may have been grown in the state.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-11-27. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/you-only-need-to-avoid-romaine-lettuce-from-select-california-locations-2708545).*

## Story

Following an E. coli outbreak, the CDC recently warned consumers to avoid romaine lettuce. According to a recent article in the Washington Post, the source of the contaminated product has been identified as certain regions of California. The FDA is encouraging consumers to throw out any romaine that may have been grown in the state.

For the time being, the lettuce is being harvested from winter growing regions found in Arizona, Florida and Mexico. In addition, the product sold in stores will now include a label with information on where it was grown.

“At this time, the FDA has no information to suggest any of these growing areas are involved in the current outbreak, which began well before any romaine lettuce from these winter growing locations was available for harvest. There is no recommendation for consumers or retailers to avoid using romaine harvested from these sources,” said Scott Gottlieb, FDA commissioner.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- General (sector)
- Florida (location)
- California (location)
- Arizona (location)
- Mexico (location)
- CDC (regulator)
- food safety (topic)
- FDA (regulator)
- e coli outbreak (topic)
- lettuce recall (topic)
- cdc warning (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/you-only-need-to-avoid-romaine-lettuce-from-select-california-locations-2708545). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/848e0f55-7830-45d3-8823-e9c00f2b17b4).