APRIL 13, 2018 - Please read the following information regarding a current E.Coli Outbreak
CDC is currently investigating an e-coli outbreak that has sickened 35 people in 11 states including Connecticut. Information collected to date indicates that chopped romaine lettuce from the Yuma, Arizona growing region could be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 and could make people sick.
CDC’s Updated Advice to Consumers:
For more information go to:
https://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/2018/o157h7-04-18/index.html
CDC is currently investigating an e-coli outbreak that has sickened 35 people in 11 states including Connecticut. Information collected to date indicates that chopped romaine lettuce from the Yuma, Arizona growing region could be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 and could make people sick.
CDC’s Updated Advice to Consumers:
- Consumers anywhere in the United States who have store-bought chopped romaine lettuce at home, including salads and salad mixes containing chopped romaine lettuce, should not eat it and should throw it away, even if some of it was eaten and no one has gotten sick. If you do not know if the lettuce is romaine, do not eat it and throw it away.
- Before purchasing romaine lettuce at a grocery store or eating it at a restaurant, consumers should confirm with the store or restaurant that it is not chopped romaine lettuce from the Yuma, Arizona growing region. If you cannot confirm the source of the romaine lettuce, do not buy it or eat it.
For more information go to:
https://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/2018/o157h7-04-18/index.html
Beginning July 1, 2018 Connecticut will adopt the FDA Model Food Code. There are a variety of changes for food establishments and the local health departments that regulate them.
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Connecticut, along with most of the rest of the Nation, is experiencing widespread influenza activity. Symptoms of the flu include fever, body aches, coughing, sneezing, and feeling unwell. Influenza is spread by contact with respiratory droplets from infectious persons.
If you or a loved one is ill with symptoms of the flu, you should practice hand hygiene (washing hands frequently and any time after coughing or sneezing with soap and warm water), cough into your sleeve- not your hand, stay home if sick, and practice social distancing from others who are sick. If you have not received a flu shot, there is still time. Please contact your physician if interested or you can call your local pharmacy for availability.
More information can be obtained on the CDC website at: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/
If you or a loved one is ill with symptoms of the flu, you should practice hand hygiene (washing hands frequently and any time after coughing or sneezing with soap and warm water), cough into your sleeve- not your hand, stay home if sick, and practice social distancing from others who are sick. If you have not received a flu shot, there is still time. Please contact your physician if interested or you can call your local pharmacy for availability.
More information can be obtained on the CDC website at: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/
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