The Romaine Lettuce Recall

Guest: Brad Taylor, Professor of Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Science at BYU It’s been over a month since the national recall of romaine lettuce due to an E. coli outbreak that hospitalized dozens of people in 15 states. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still strongly advises that you only eat romaine if you know where it came from. Specifically, the CDC has linked the E. coli outbreak to three counties in California. But what can we learn from this incident, and what do consumers need to know to minimize risk?