The CDC tells people to stop eating and throw away all romaine lettuce — again — after another E. coli outbreak sickens at least 32 people in 11 states

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• Romaine lettuce is off the menu, as the CDC advises people across the United States not to eat any of the lettuce and to get rid of any they have already purchased. 
• At least 32 people have been infected with E. coli linked to romaine lettuce in 11 states, according to the CDC. Thirteen people have been hospitalized. 
• This is the second E. coli outbreak tied to romaine lettuce so far in 2018, following an outbreak that sickened more than 190 people and killed five at the beginning of the year.  

Romaine lettuce is off the menu this Thanksgiving, as another E. coli investigation sweeps the United States. 

On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a food safety alert, warning people across the United States to stop eating romaine lettuce and to get rid of any they may have already been purchased. 

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