Precut and prewashed fruits and veggies have caused a number of issues already in 2018. McDonald's salads were linked to a parasitic illness outbreak that sickened more than 390 people, and an E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce sickened at least 197 and killed five people.
"Not every lettuce leaf in the field is contaminated with E. coli, but some of them are," Marler said earlier this year regarding the risks of prewashed, bagged lettuce. "And when you mix and match it at a processing facility and chop it up, you get what you get."