I-US Food and Drug Administration ikhulula okutholwe esabelweni samasampula esahlola ulethisi we-romaine wempahla yezolimo eluhlaza ikakhulukazi ezikhungweni nasemapulazini aseSalinas, eCalifornia, naseYuma, e-Arizona, ezifundeni ezikhulayo zokuba khona kwamagciwane axhunyaniswe nawo. ukuqubuka kwezifo ezitholakala ekudleni.
Isabelo sokuthola i-Escherichia coli ebangela izifo (ikakhulukazi, i-E. coli ekhiqiza ubuthi be-Shiga noma i-STEC) kanye ne-Salmonella spp. yaqala ngoNovemba 2019 futhi yaphela ngoDisemba 2020, ngemva kokumiswa okwesikhashana ekuqoqweni kwesampula nasekuhlolweni kusukela ngoMashi kuya ku-Okthoba 2020 ngenxa yobhadane lwe-COVID-19. I-FDA ayizange ibone amagciwane ngesikhathi sokunikeza.
I-ejensi ibeke phambili ukuqoqwa kwesampula emapulazini nasezikhungweni ezibhalisiwe ze-FDA ezihlonzwe ophenyweni lokulandela umkhondo njengabahlinzeki be-lettuce yaseRoma okungenzeka ixhunywe noma exhunywe nokuqubuka kwezifo ezitholakala ngokudla kusukela ngo-2017 kuya ku-2019. I-FDA yaqoqa futhi yahlola amasampula angama-279 awo womabili amagciwane. Isampula ngalinye lakhiwe amasampula angaphansi angu-10, nesampula ngayinye ehlanganisa ikhanda elilodwa noma ngaphezulu noma inhliziyo ye-lettuce yamaRoma futhi inesisindo esingamagremu angu-300.
Le ndlela yokwenza - ukuqoqwa nokuhlolwa kwamasampuli akhiwe amasampula amancane amaningi - kwandisa amathuba okuthola amagciwane uma ekhona, uma kubhekwa ukuthi izingozi zama-microbial zingase zingabi khona ngokufanayo. Abasebenzi basensimini ye-ejensi baqoqe wonke amasampula ngendlela yawo yemvelo kodwa amaqabunga angaphandle asekhishiwe. Awukho ulethisi osikiwe omusha oqoqwe.
Ukuqinisekisa ukuphepha kwe-microbiological yemifino eluhlaza kuyaqhubeka nokuba yinto ephambili ku-FDA. Nakuba engekho amagciwane atholakele phakathi nalesi sabelo, ukulondoloza ukubhekwa phakathi nenkathi yokukhula/yokuvuna kuyasiza ekwaziseni imizamo yokuvimbela imifino ye-ejensi enamaqabunga, ikakhulukazi leyo eshiwo ku-FDA's Leafy Greens Action Plan. I-FDA iqale yakhipha uhlelo lokusebenza ngoMashi 2020 ukuze kugqugquzelwe indlela ephuthumayo nesebenzisanayo yokuvikela ukuqubuka kwemifino eluhlaza okubangelwa yi-STEC. Ngo-Ephreli 2021, i-FDA yakhipha inguqulo ebuyekeziwe yohlelo eqinisekisa ukuzibophezela kwethu ekuthuthukiseni ukuphepha kwezitshalo eziluhlaza.
Ukuze uthole olunye ulwazi: fda.gov