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12/13/2006, 07:25 PM
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Lettuce Implicated in Taco Bell Outbreak
By ANDREW BRIDGES
The Associated Press
Wednesday, December 13, 2006; 6:43 PM
WASHINGTON -- Lettuce was the most likely source of an outbreak of E. coli linked to Taco Bell, federal health officials said Wednesday.
Officials said the outbreaks appears to be over and that tracing the source of the suspected lettuce could prove difficult because the shredded lettuce was processed in bulk.
Taco Bell had said contaminated green onions were responsible for the cases of food poisoning _ 71 confirmed cases of E. coli in five states, primarily New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania, as of Wednesday, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Follow-up government testing, however, failed to confirm that.
Interviews with patients and other work led them to believe that lettuce was the probable culprit, health officials said.
Lettuce Implicated in Taco Bell Outbreak
By ANDREW BRIDGES
The Associated Press
Wednesday, December 13, 2006; 6:43 PM
WASHINGTON -- Lettuce was the most likely source of an outbreak of E. coli linked to Taco Bell, federal health officials said Wednesday.
Officials said the outbreaks appears to be over and that tracing the source of the suspected lettuce could prove difficult because the shredded lettuce was processed in bulk.
Taco Bell had said contaminated green onions were responsible for the cases of food poisoning _ 71 confirmed cases of E. coli in five states, primarily New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania, as of Wednesday, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Follow-up government testing, however, failed to confirm that.
Interviews with patients and other work led them to believe that lettuce was the probable culprit, health officials said.