US & Canada - Ecoli Lettuce alert

[sport_billy]

FOOD ALERT 20th Nov 2018

It seems there has been an outbreak of E.Coli effecting various types of lettuce in the US, please don't feed this to your Pets

Further details here Outbreak of E. coli Infections Linked to Romaine Lettuce | E. coli Infections Linked to Romaine Lettuce | November 2018 | E. coli | CDC

thanks to @MilliePigs and @Lady Kelly for highlighting this

 

[DMS260820]

Is it worth tagging two frequent u.s.a members that i know of?

 

[Veggies Galore]

Is it worth tagging two frequent you.s.a members that i know of?

Yes

 

[sport_billy]

Is it worth tagging two frequent you.s.a members that i know of?

Please feel free to do any you know of.

@Freela

 

[DMS260820]

@HeatherRose

 

[DMS260820]

Cant remember tho other

 

[sport_billy]

Cant remember tho other

thats okay, I will try and go through members tomorrow

 

[DMS260820]

@Livia Rabideau got it

 

[sport_billy]

@squeaksandcarrots @Seven7 @Sappyshelly @CavyCare

 

[sport_billy]

@PerceptorII

 

[PerceptorII]

I already heard about this. And it's been a while since I've bought Romaine lettuce, as it's the boys' least favorite variety. I mainly rotate between green leaf and red leaf. But thank you.

 

[Livia Rabideau]

Yikes! Thanks! I have a romaine salad in the fridge I was going to have with dinner. . Going in the trash now.

 

[Sappyshelly]

I was about to make a post of this. My pigs eat Romain and green leaf but now we are going 100% green leaf it would seem.

 

[Seven7]

I bought this romaine lettuce from Costco today for my Finn and Lara. The label clearly said it is from California. I wasn't sure why Costco will sell this TODAY when the news about ECOLI has been out for some time, and I read it is from CA. From what I know, if romaine lettuce is from Arizona or South America, or there is no label where it came from, we shouldn't buy it and eat it.

I am still going to call Costco and ask tomorrow morning. I have other veggies to give to my Finn and Lara.

 

[Seven7]

Finn and Lara's dinner usually consist of romaine lettuce but for tonight, they got more cilantro, celery, and baby carrot. I gave them some apple as well since I haven't given them any fruits as treats for the week. It is just better to be cautious than sorry later on.

 

[Freela]

I did see that... thankfully we have spring mix only right now, no romaine. There have been a lot of E. coli recalls for romaine, I may stop eating it altogether!

 

[HeatherRose]

Thanks, my piggies prefer a nice spring mix so I never buy romaine, so they are safe!

 

[Bill & Ted]

My fussy boys won’t eat it, they like the bistro or herb leaf mix thank goodness. Is this lettuce imported into UK, if so do we know which supermarkets sell it?

 

[Betsy]

I never buy romaine lettuce anyway. My lot love a good bistro salad or little gem best.

 

[dannif_piggies]

Hopefully everyone's piggies (and people) stay safe from this and the message gets around!
Does anyone know if this definitely does not involve the UK? Or would it be a case of checking where the product is from?

 

[sport_billy]

Hopefully everyone's piggies (and people) stay safe from this and the message gets around!
Does anyone know if this definitely does not involve the UK? Or would it be a case of checking where the product is from?

No news on Alerts

 

[karonus]

As someone who has a client supplying ingredients to UK manufacturers, one of the requirements to supply supermarkets is to be BRC Certified. This is more stringent than ISO quality processes and requires testing of products throughout the food chain. BRC operates around the world (and probably what picked up the ecoli outbreak). Food standards in the UK and EU are a lot higher than the US.

 

[Seven7]

I will be returning my romaine lettuce bag and getting baby spring mix for my Finn and Lara first thing this morning.

I can't believe that Costco sold me the bag of romaine lettuce yesterday. I would have thought they would pull them from shelf when the news about e.coli broke out. I am in disbelief.

 

[sport_billy]

@Cocoteemin

 

[CocoAndOreo]

I live in the USA and when I went to the supermarket yesterday, all the romaine lettuce was gone. There was a letter that said that their was an infection going around in the lettuce.

 

[Seven7]

I live in the USA and when I went to the supermarket yesterday, all the romaine lettuce was gone. There was a letter that said that their was an infection going around in the lettuce.

I am in the US as well, and would you believe that Costco sold me this Giant Bag of Romaine lettuce yesterday? They don't even sell small bags either. I am returning it today as we speak.

 

[Cocoteemin]

@Cocoteemin

Thanks, Canada/United States have had so many romaine recalls this year and even had a cucumber one recently, luckily my pigs like the red/green leaf lettuce, so I'll be sticking to those for a while.

 

[Deleted member 129777]

I have the same lettuce!

I bought this romaine lettuce from Costco today for my Finn and Lara. The label clearly said it is from California. I wasn't sure why Costco will sell this TODAY when the news about ECOLI has been out for some time, and I read it is from CA. From what I know, if romaine lettuce is from Arizona or South America, or there is no label where it came from, we shouldn't buy it and eat it.

I am still going to call Costco and ask tomorrow morning. I have other veggies to give to my Finn and Lara.
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[Deleted member 129777]

No way! My guineas are NOT eating lettuce until that e.coli is gone!

 

[squeaksandcarrots]

@squeaksandcarrots @Seven7 @Sappyshelly @CavyCare

Thanks for letting me know! Luckily I feed my piggies green leaf lettuce