HEALTH AGENCY SAYS ROMAINE LETTUCE SAFE TO EAT AGAIN

With no new cases of E. coli connected to romaine lettuce detected since mid-November, the leafy green is probably safe to eat again, the Public Health Agency of Canada reported Monday. In the month before that, 29 people got sick from the bacteria in the lettuce, mostly in Quebec. A handful became ill in Ontario and New Brunswick, and three in B.C. after travelling. The tainted lettuce seems to have come from three counties in California and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has banned imports of lettuce grown there. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says 59 people have been sickened in the same outbreak in the United States. The government said nobody has died in the outbreak, but 10 people were hospitalized in Canada and two have had severe and lasting complications.