Michigan agriculture officials announced that California grown iceberg lettuce has been linked to the recent E. coli O157:H7 outbreak that has sickened approximately 40 plus people in five states.
“Illness dates, ship dates and delivery dates narrow the origin to California,” said Jennifer Holton, a spokesperson for the Michigan Department of Agriculture.
The first E. coli outbreak cases were reported in Michigan on September 8, and in Illinois sometime in late August.