The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning consumers to not eat romaine lettuce because it may be contaminated with E. coli.

CNN reports that thirty-two people, including 13 who have been hospitalized, have been infected with the outbreak strain in 11 states. The strain is HERE in New York:

People have become sick in California, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio and Wisconsin."

If you have any romaine lettuce at home, you should throw it away, even if you have eaten some and did not get sick, the CDC cautioned.

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