As of November 27, 2018 

The FDA/CDC has announced that Romaine from the California desert region of Imperial Valley, Yuma Arizona, Florida, and Mexico has been confirmed for consumption by consumers.

The FDA and suppliers of Romaine and packaged Romaine products have agreed to establish measures to ensure the public’s safety.  Growers, processors, distributors and retailers will now:

• clearly and prominently label all individually packaged romaine products to identify growing region and harvest date for romaine; and
• clearly and prominently label at the point of sale the growing region when it is not possible for romaine lettuce suppliers to label the package (e.g. individual unwrapped whole heads of romaine lettuce available in retail stores).

In accordance with the above, Foodtown will implement the following with regard to the sale of Romaine:

PACKAGED ROMAINE AND SALAD ITEMS CONTAINING ROMAINE LETTUCE:

WILL ONLY CONTAIN ROMAINE SOURCED FROM THE FOLLOWING FDA APPROVED GROWING REGIONS AND WAS HARVESTED AFTER 11/23/18:

Imperial Valley, California

Yuma, Arizona

Florida

Mexico

PACKAGES WILL BE LABELED ACCORDINGLY AND WILL INCLUDE THE HARVEST REGION AND THE HARVESTED DATE.

BULK ROMAINE LETTUCE:

WILL ONLY CONTAIN ROMAINE SOURCED FROM THE FOLLOWING FDA APPROVED GROWING REGIONS AND WAS HARVESTED AFTER 11/26/18:

Imperial Valley, California

Yuma, Arizona

DELI ITEMS, INCLUDING SANDWICHES:

WILL ONLY CONTAIN ROMAINE SOURCED FROM THE FOLLOWING FDA APPROVED GROWING REGIONS

Imperial Valley, California

Yuma, Arizona