One person has died, 12 are
in hospital and 30 people have E. coli 0157:H7 food poisoning, all of them
after eating romaine lettuce, reports the Public Health Agency of Canada.
It’s an update on a report
earlier this week when 21 were sick, 10 in hospital and none had died.
The Canadian Food
Inspection Agency is working with public health personnel to try to track down
the source of the outbreak.
It is probably imported
lettuce if, indeed, it proves to be lettuce at fault.
There have been six cases
in Ontario, five in Quebec, five in New Brunswick, one in Nova Scotia and 13 in
Newfoundland-Labrador.
