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Week of October 5, 2006
FBI raids Calif. firms in spinach probe
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061005/ap_on_he_me/tainted_spinach
SAN JUAN BAUTISTA, Calif. - The ongoing probe into the source of a nationwide
E. coli' E. coli outbreak linked to tainted spinach turned into a criminal investigation as federal agents raided two Salinas Valley produce companies. Agents from the
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Food and Drug Administration' name=c1> SEARCHNews News Photos Images Web' name=c3> Food and Drug Administration's criminal investigations office executed search warrants Wednesday at the Natural Selection Foods LLC plant in San Juan Bautista and Growers Express in Salinas to see if they violated food safety and environmental laws.
September 27, 2hours ago:Meanwhile, four more bags of fresh spinach in three other states have tested positive for E. coli contamination. And the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Food and Drug Administration announced that Canada had confirmed its first case of E. coli O157:H7 in a person who ate bagged spinach.
On Tuesday, Pennsylvania health officials said that a lab identified the deadly strain in a bag of Dole baby spinach purchased on or around Sept. 8 in the western part of the state, the AP said. Also Tuesday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said E. coli had been isolated by state public health labs in Illinois and Ohio from three more opened packages of spinach. "DNA fingerprint" testing was under way to see if the strains match the outbreak strain, the agency said.
The investigation of the E. coli O157:H7 outbreak that sickened scores of people across the country and left one woman dead has been focused on three counties in the Salinas Valley, where more than half the country's spinach crop is grown.
Week of Sept 15, 2006
A california based "Natural Foods Company" seems to be the start of the Outbreak, according to the following news?. Unidentified crops are seen across the street from the Earthbound Farm/Natural Selection Foods plant in San Juan Bautista, Calif. on Friday, Sept. 15, 2006. The California natural foods company was linked Friday to a nationwide E. coli outbreak that has killed one person and sickened nearly 100 others. Supermarkets across the country pulled spinach from shelves, and consumers tossed out the leafy green. The crops pictured are not those in question. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Today the FDA and health officials announced about a E.Coli (bacteria) outbreak through bagged SPINACH. One person died and 20 infected in Wisconsin, about ten states have reported cases according to news (By ANDREW BRIDGES, Associated Press Writer 32 minutes ago. WASHINGTON - Federal health officials worked Friday to find the source of a multistate E.coli outbreak and warned consumers that even washing the suspect spinach won't kill the sometimes-deadly bacteria). So, why do you want to take risk and eat when obvious spread of E.Coli is going on. Wait until another announcement comes, even then be careful about E.Coli, which is a bacteria normally lives in stomach including humans. However, there are several strains among this bacteria, some of them are dangerous and deadly. One of the official says it is tip of the icerberg of the outbreak, it is not clear. The FDA official announced not to eat spinach, even if you cook them it is not safe. It sounds to be a good advice, why take risk. Do not eat spinach from bags for sometime...............................)
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