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(AP) - Health officials say California-grown lettuce
may be a source of the E-coli outbreak at Taco John's restaurants
in Minnesota and Iowa. 

      The outbreak sickened more than 80 people who'd eaten at Taco
John's in the two states late last year. Twenty-six were hospitalized. There were no deaths.

      State and federal investigators say they've matched the bacteria
strain associated with the outbreak to samples from dairy farms in
California's Central Valley. The farms lie near lettuce fields.

      Federal investigators are checking to see whether manure from
the dairy farms could have somehow tainted the lettuce-growing
areas.

      The Taco John's incidents came about the same time as an
outbreak that affected dozens of patrons of Taco Bell restaurants
in the Northeast. The two outbreaks are not thought to be linked.

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Health officials say California-grown lettuce
may be a source of the E-coli outbreak at Taco John's restaurants in Minnesota and Iowa late last year. 


California lettuce possible source of Taco John's E-coli

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