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A sign for the Food and Drug Administration is seen outside of the headquarters in White Oak, Md., on July 20, 2020. The FDA announced a recall of hundreds of ready-to-eat food products.

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Hundreds of ready-to-eat foods are recalled over possible listeria contamination

9:01pm February 06, 2023

by Kaitlyn Radde

The foods are sold under dozens of different brand names, but all recalled products say Fresh Creative Cuisine on the bottom of the label. The recall affects items sold in nine East Coast states.

The Food and Drug Administration quickly identified romaine lettuce as the source of a months-long outbreak, but the foodborne illness investigation has been one of the agency's most complicated in years.

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What Sparked An E. Coli Outbreak In Lettuce? Scientists Trace A Surprising Source

3:16pm August 29, 2018

by Dan Charles

Vegetable farmers in Yuma, Ariz., are asking whether they can co-exist in the same valley with a large cattle feedlot. Those cattle are blamed for contaminating Romaine with toxic E. coli bacteria.

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