Romaine to Honey Smacks Cereal: Why Were There So Many Foodborne Outbreaks in 2018?

By Rachael Rettner From E. coli-tainted romaine lettuce to Salmonella in cereal, this year certainly had its fair share of foodborne illness outbreaks. Health warnings had consumers discarding bags of lettuce, searching their cupboards for recalled cereal and avoiding premade wraps at grocery stores. All of this might have left you wondering: Why did we seem to have so …