Also, unlike grain products, bacon must be stored,
shipped, and sold
under continuous
refrigeration — and it has a much shorter shelf life.
In writing about the great romaine lettuce E. coli outbreak of 2018, Forbes writes of the leafy greens: ``... it was harvested, put in boxes,
shipped to another facility (or multiple ones), stored
under refrigeration, washed, chopped, and then packaged in bags that may include plain romaine or various salad mixes (that could contain other lettuces or vegetables grown from other farms) that contained the romaine.