said that it\u2019s removing all iceberg lettuce<\/a> from the US market. \u00a0<\/p>\nThe U.S. Centers for Disease Control said the shredded lettuce was sent to Taco Bell locations in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia. In a notice posted Thursday night, the agency warned the public not to eat shredded iceberg lettuce served at Taco Bell locations in those states.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like it’s safer to buy stuff from here than maybe a big chain store, because at least for the most part, the stuff is coming from local farms and whatnot,\u201d Rodriguez says about shopping at the State Farmer\u2019s Market.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fielding added, \u201cIt’s like you kind of know what you’re getting. Everything’s in season, and it’s just better.\u201d<\/p>\n
The outbreak led to a rise in sales for many farmers at the market, including Stephanie Moore with Moore\u2019s Produce in Meadows, NC.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe’re definitely seeing an increase in the sales of our greens, lettuce, and kale, and things like that,\u201d says Moore.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She told WRAL there is no concern about the parasite affecting her farm\u2019s produce.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Food from local growers requires limited handling and packing, a shorter travel distance, and is usually sold fresh. Factors that all lower the chances of contamination.\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, there is still a level of caution among consumers.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI’m just reconsidering what I would and would not buy,\u201d says Rodriguez. \u201cLike watermelon, I feel like it’s safe because you’re not eating the outside of it. But I’ll probably stay away from lettuce, berries, for a bit, just until it all blows over.\u201d<\/p>\n
Health officials say it can be hard to narrow down exactly what the source of the outbreak is. The CDC is advising people to not eat any recalled produce and to throw it away if you do have it.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shoppers are turning to locally grown produce sold at the State Farmer\u2019s Market as health officials investigate the…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":946750,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[11],"tags":[368249,774,210,45427,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-946749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-cyclospora","tag-farmers-market","tag-health","tag-produce","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116950468320453522","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=946749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/946750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=946749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=946749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=946749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}