By Marissa Lang, Times Staff Writer
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
A brand of California romaine lettuce that has been recalled over concerns of listeria contamination has recently been traced to restaurants and refrigerators in Florida, according to the Food and Drug Administration.
Last week, True Leaf Farms of Salinas, Calif., announced a recall of romaine lettuce that had been shipped to food service distributors in Oregon, Idaho and Washington. It was initially believed only customers who bought the lettuce in those states were affected.
But only 90 of the 2,500 recalled cartons went to retail stores in those states, according to Church Brothers, LCC, which markets the farm's produce. The rest were sent to restaurants and cafeterias in Canada and 19 states, including Florida, according to the FDA.
All of the recalled chopped, bagged lettuce has a "use by" date of Sept. 29, 2011. The bag and box ...