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Officials investigate E. coli outbreak linked to lettuce in three provinces

Dec 12, 2017 | 5:45 AM

An outbreak of E. coli linked to romaine lettuce is being investigated in three provinces.

The Public Health Agency of Canada says 21 people in Quebec, New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador became sick from E. coli in November.

Many of the individuals said they ate romaine lettuce before getting sick.

The Public Health Agency of Canada says it is working with Health Canada, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and provincial public health agencies to look into the source of the romaine lettuce.