E coli scare forces mass toss of cos in US

By Terry Tang
Updated April 21 2018 - 7:50pm, first published 7:41pm
Consumers in the US have been urged to throw away cos lettuce after an E coli outbreak.
Consumers in the US have been urged to throw away cos lettuce after an E coli outbreak.

US health officials have told consumers to throw away any store-bought cos lettuce, called romaine in America, and warned restaurants not to serve it amid an E coli outbreak that has sickened more than 50 people in several states.

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