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Of
the 37 sick, 22 people were said to have consumed Wendy's
sandwiches with romaine lettuce in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and
Pennsylvania in the week before they fell ill, the agency said
on Friday.
The investigators, however, are yet to confirm if romaine
lettuce is the cause and also if the vegetable used in Wendy's
sandwiches was served or sold at other businesses.
The burger chain said it is taking the precaution of removing
sandwich lettuce from its restaurants in the region. Nearly
1,100 of roughly 5,940 Wendy's U.S. restaurants are located in
the four states.
Illness started between July 26 and Aug. 8 and a total of 10
people have been hospitalized, of which three in Michigan have
developed a type of kidney failure.
E.coli bacteria normally lives in the intestines of healthy
people and animals. Although many strains are harmless, certain
types can cause severe abdominal cramps, bloody diarrhea and
vomiting.
The CDC said the exact number of affected people is likely
higher and the outbreak may not be limited to the four states.
(Reporting by Praveen Paramasivam in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun
Koyyur)
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