Questions & Answers
In November 2018 the US FDA and CDC advised consumers to avoid romaine lettuce, since it was not possible for consumers to distinguish the growing regions under investigation and those that were not implicated. As a result, many romaine suppliers agreed to include the growing region, or provenance, on consumer units. This questions and answer document, originally drafted by PMA and United Fresh in December 2018 and updated May 2019 by a cross-section of the industry, has been further updated based on learnings from the advisory issued in November 2019.
In November 2018 the US FDA and CDC advised consumers to avoid romaine lettuce, since it was not possible for consumers to distinguish the growing regions under investigation and those that were not implicated. As a result, many romaine suppliers agreed to include the growing region, or provenance, on consumer units. This questions and answer document, originally drafted by PMA and United Fresh in December 2018 and updated May 2019 by a cross-section of the industry, has been further updated based on learnings from the advisory issued in November 2019.
In November 2018 the US FDA and CDC advised consumers to avoid romaine lettuce, since it was not possible for consumers to distinguish the growing regions under investigation and those that were not implicated. As a result, many romaine suppliers agreed to include the growing region, or provenance, on consumer units. This questions and answer document, originally drafted by PMA and United Fresh in December 2018 and updated May 2019 by a cross-section of the industry, has been further updated based on learnings from the advisory issued in November 2019.
