Dec. 10, 2019 -- Eight people are sick and three have been hospitalized after eating a Fresh Express salad kit possibly tainted withE. coli, and research shows that Fresh Express brand Sunflower Crisp Chopped Salad Kits are the likely source.
The agencies warn consumers not to eat the Sunflower Crisp Chopped Salad Kit with a UPC number of 0 71279 30906 4, a lot code beginning with “Z,” and a best-by date up to and including Dec. 7, 2019.This particular strain ofoutbreak linked to romaine lettuce grown in the Salinas, CA, region. It’s possible that the salad kits that people who became sick ate contained romaine from Salinas area, but federal officials say it could have come from another growing region. The investigation has not yet pinpointed one ingredient in the kits as the likely culprit of the outbreak.
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