Arizona Farm Blamed for Part of Large, Nationwide E. Coli Outbreak

Federal health officials said that they had identified one of the sources of tainted romaine lettuce that has so far left 98 people sick, in what is the largest multistate food-borne E. coli outbreak since 2006. The whole-head romaine lettuce that sickened eight people at a correctional facility in Nome, Alaska, came from Harrison Farms of Yuma, Ariz., the Food and Drug Administration said. The remaining illnesses were caused by bagged, chopped romaine lettuce, though health officials continue to urge consumers to avoid all types of romaine from the Yuma area.The outbreak now spans 22 states and involves a particularly aggressive strain of the bacteria