date:Apr 14, 2021
eaks tied to lettuce.
The FDA made clear both the likely cause of these outbreaks, and that the time has come for the leafy green industry to take action to prevent them. The FDA said out loud that contamination caused from adjacent land is a reasonably foreseeable hazard.
The FDA took specific aim at California growers as the cause of repeated and ongoing outbreaks, putting the responsibility of combating the outbreaks squarely on the growers. It statement read: This reoccurring pathogenic E.