UPDATE (August 26, 2022):
WASHINGTON D.C. (ADAMS) – The E.coli outbreak in the Midwest has now infected 84 people.
The CDC said Thursday that 47 more people have gotten sick from the bacteria and that most of the victims they interviewed said they ate a sandwich with romaine lettuce at a Wendy’s restaurant a week before getting sick.
Wendy’s told Reuters that it’s fully cooperating with public health authorities and has discarded its sandwich lettuce at restaurants in the affected regions.
The CDC says it has yet to confirm the exact cause of the outbreak. Nearly 40 people have been hospitalized across Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania for E.coli poisoning.
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ORIGINAL STORY:
DUBLIN, Ohio (ADAMS) – Wendy’s is recalling romaine lettuce from a number of its locations following an E. coli outbreak. On Friday the CDC said an outbreak that has seen nearly 40 people get sick and 10 hospitalized could be linked to the lettuce.
As a precaution, Wendy’s pulled the lettuce from many of its restaurants in the Midwest, the region where the incidents have been reported. 19 of the people who became ill were in Ohio, 15 in Michigan, two in Pennsylvania and one in Indiana.
The CDC said it’s still safe to eat at Wendy’s and noted that there isn’t any evidence that suggests lettuce in other locations poses a health risk.
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