Lettuce from a fast-food restaurant is to blame as the likely source of an E.coli outbreak that affected more than two dozen people in 3 provinces.
Nova Scotia’s deputy chief medical officer says lettuce used at KFC and Taco Bell caused 5 people here in New Brunswick to be sick, along with 10 people in Ontario and Nova Scotia. It’s not believed the restaurants are responsible for the contamination, and it’s unlikely more E.coli cases will come from it considering the specific lettuce has passed its shelf-life.
KFC says it’s removed all the affected lettuce and reassure their food is safe to eat.
Two of the cases of E. coli were in Saint John, while 3 were in Fredericton.
