FDA, CDC: Romaine lettuce E. coli outbreak over

The CDC and the FDA say a nationwide E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce is over.

The agencies announced that the months-long outbreak ended Wednesday. The romaine in question was grown in Salinas, California.

Starting in September, a total of 167 people in 27 states were infected with E. coli. Nearly two-thirds were female. There were 85 hospitalizations, 15 of whom developed a type of kidney failure.

No deaths have been linked to the outbreak.