date:Nov 30, 2018
In the US, romaine lettuce is being tagged with new consumer-protection labels to help reassure people that it is safe to eat after a nationwide E. coli outbreak. Lettuce growers in southern Arizona and California say the temporary labels will specifically list where romaine lettuce was grown and when it was harvested. That way, consumers will know what they're buying did not come from a contaminated region.
Industry associations are billing the move as a voluntary effort. But they acknowledged