{"id":1363,"date":"2018-12-11T09:12:25","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T15:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/safefoodtraining.com\/minnesota\/?p=1363"},"modified":"2018-12-11T16:09:13","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T22:09:13","slug":"food-safety-problem-romaine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minnesota.safefoodtraining.com\/2026\/food-borne-illness\/food-safety-problem-romaine\/","title":{"rendered":"The Food Safety Problem with Romaine Lettuce"},"content":{"rendered":"

November has come and gone, and with it another major food safety problem with Romaine lettuce causing an illness hazard and sickening your guests. This week, we’d like to look at some of the potential causes of these outbreaks, and how good food safety training helps prevent sickening your guests with contaminated lettuce.<\/p>\n

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Hints On How To Prevent A Food Safety Problem with Romaine Lettuce<\/h3>\n

Like most vegetables, romaine lettuce grows in the dirt, and as we all know, dirt is dirty. Soil contains all sorts of bacteria and contaminates, it is home is insects and snails, and it can be further contaminated by fertilizers and other outside sources. Even the water that farmers use to water their crops can be contaminated<\/a> with bacteria that can be harmful to people who consume the final product.<\/p>\n

Some farms that grow our produce also house livestock. It’s not out of the realm of possibility that manure can spread from one section of the farm to another on a worker’s boots or the tread of a tractor tire. As you can imagine, there are infinite possibilities as to how romaine lettuce becomes a health hazard, but what can we do about it?<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, keeping the food from becoming contaminated on the farm is outside of the scope of what we do as a food safety training provider, however, we can help you take steps to keep lettuce in your restaurant clean and free from contaminates. Here are a few steps you should take:<\/p>\n