The Lettuce is Alright

This probably won’t make big news, but head lettuce grown in Arizona fields south of Phoenix and shipped to a few areas in the west have been pulled from the market.  The grower and shipper of the lettuce is Growers Express of Salinas, CA.  The vegetable company is already receiving high praise as it pulled its product from the market even though there is nothing known to be wrong with it.  Apparently a separate lettuce field not too far away was found to have Somenella.  As a precauation Growers Express decided to remove it’s lettuce from retail stores, even though none of its lettuce had tested positive for food containmation.  In the wake of the Colorado cantaulope debacle last year resulting in several deaths, extra precautions are apparently being taken by some produce companies.