Retailers across the USA and Canada are removing Romaine lettuce and products containing Romaine lettuce from their stores in response to alerts issued today by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC).

Epidemiological evidence in both countries has linked consumption of Romaine lettuce to an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 illnesses in eleven US states and two Canadian provinces.

Traceback investigations are in progress to determine the source of the contaminated Romaine.

The following US supermarket chains and food stores have alerted customers to the illness outbreak and, in many cases, have removed all products containing Romaine from their stores:

• Albertsons
• Acme
• Big Y World Class Market
• Bi-Lo
• Defense Commissary Agency
• Food City
• Food Lion
• Haggen Northwest Fresh
• Hannaford Bros.
• Harveys Supermarkets
• Kroger family of stores, including Kroger, Baker’s, Dillons, Gerbes, Fred Meyer, Fry’s, Gerbes, Owen’s, Pay-Less, Ralphs, Smith’s, Food4Less, FoodsCo, QFC, King Soopers, City Market, Jay C, Harris Teeter, Pick n Save, Metro Market, Copps and Marianos stores.
• Lowes Foods
• Lucky Supermarkets
• Price Chopper
• Publix and GreenWise Market
• Safeway
• SaveMart
• Shaws
• Sprouts Farmers Market
• The Fresh Market
• Trader Joe’s
• Walmart and Sam’s Club
• Wegmans Food Market
• Winn-Dixie

The following Canadian supermarket chains and food stores have alerted customers to the illness outbreak and, in many cases, have removed all products containing Romaine from their stores:

• Costco Canada
• Loblaw
• Sobeys, including Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Thrifty Foods, Foodland, FreshCo and Lawton’s Drug Stores

Do not consume any romaine lettuce or any product containing romaine lettuce. Please follow the live links to your retailer’s web page for a complete list of affected products sold by that retailer.