Romaine Lettuce advisory from Salinas, CA
Customer Notification/Recall & Advisory Communication
Urgent: Romaine Lettuce advisory from Salinas, CA
November 25, 2019
Dear Valued Customer:
This letter is to inform you that Belair Produce, Inc. is NOT directly affected by the advisory in the above product. Belair Produce is taking every precaution necessary to maintain the safety of our customers and products. Until the FDA advisory is lifted, no chopped romaine will be available from Belair Produce. The following products are available and are grown in Yuma, AZ: 12/3 Romaine Hearts, 24 count Romaine and 48 count Romaine Bulk Hearts. These products will continue to be available. Belair Produce’s Romaine lettuce is GROWN in Yuma, AZ. Please be advised that many companies may be based in various parts of CA, but this is their ofce headquarters, not where they are growing their product.
If you have any questions please contact Leah Filley (410) 782-8000
Belair Produce, Inc.
If you purchase Romaine lettuce from someone other than Belair Produce, please see the following
release from the CDC.
Based on new information, CDC is advising that consumers not eat and retailers not sell any romaine lettuce harvested from the Salinas,
California growing region.
• Most romaine lettuce products are labeled with a harvest location showing where they were grown.
• This advice includes all types of romaine lettuce harvested from Salinas, California such as whole heads of romaine, hearts of romaine,
and packages of precut lettuce and salad mixes which contain romaine, including baby romaine, spring mix, and Caesar salad.
• If you have romaine lettuce at home:
◦ Look for a label showing where the romaine lettuce was grown. It may be printed on the package or on a sticker.
◦ If the label says “Salinas” (whether alone or with the name of another location), don’t eat it, and throw it away.
◦ If it isn’t labeled with a growing region, don’t eat it, and throw it away.
◦ If you don’t know if the lettuce is romaine or whether a salad mix contains romaine, don’t eat it, and throw it away.
◦ Wash and sanitize drawers or shelves in refrigerators where romaine lettuce was stored. Follow these five steps to clean your
refrigerator.
• If you are buying romaine lettuce at a store:
◦ Look for a label showing where the romaine lettuce was grown. It may be printed on the package or on a sticker.
◦ If the label says “Salinas” (whether alone or with the name of another location), don’t buy it.
◦ If it isn’t labeled with a growing region, don’t buy it.
• Restaurants and retailers should check the label on bags or boxes of romaine lettuce, or ask their suppliers about the source of their
romaine lettuce.
◦ Look for a label showing where the romaine lettuce was grown. It may be printed on the package or on a sticker.
◦ If the label says “Salinas” (whether alone or with the name of another location), don’t sell or serve it.
For more information regarding this advisory: https://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/2019/o157h7-11-19/index.html