http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-ec...ll=la-home-headlines


Washington -- The Food and Drug Administration called on consumers not to eat any fresh, prepackaged spinach Thursday after officials said they identified an outbreak of E. coli that has killed a person in Wisconsin and sickened at least 48 people in eight states.

FDA official Dr. David Acheson said cases have also been identified in Connecticut, Idaho, Indiana, Michigan, Oregon, New Mexico and Utah. Wisconsin was the state that was hit hardest with at least 20 cases.

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Acheson said FDA officials were notified of the outbreak by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Wisconsin health officials Wednesday. Acheson said the investigation appears to implicate prepackaged, prewashed spinach, but officials have not identified a specific brand yet.

This was worse than I thought it was going to be. All three of our purveyors called us and told us to throw away our washed spinach and spring mix. We had a highboy full of prepared salads that had to be thrown away.

I thought it was only for the prewashed and prepackaged spinach?

No, Areis, all spinach is evil. Use cabbage instead.

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Originally posted by ArieS:
I thought it was only for the prewashed and prepackaged spinach?

That will teach em to eat that pre-packaged crap.

The last vintage of spinach that I tried was crap anyway. It had this green note running through it that just wouldn't go away, no matter how much I chewed.

I guess I shoulda spat.

What, pray tell, will Popeye do?

load up on Imodium?

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Originally posted by ArieS:
I thought it was only for the prewashed and prepackaged spinach?

This makes me wonder how well it is washed. Many of the bags are printed with the words "TRIPLE WASHED!!!". If it is really washed how could this be happening in the first place?

An 81 year old woman died in my town from E coli. Super Walmart still had spring mix, which contains 25% spinach after recalls were issued. I'm very curious of the source of contamination.

woman in her 80's dies in Md.
E-Coli from Spinach salad suspected.

http://wbal.com/news/story.asp?articleid=49240

I find this unfortunate because I like spinach. Hopefully they'll fix this contamination and I can eat more for my big arms.

Or is this e-coli thing an X-Files like conspiracy???

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Originally posted by Luc Sabourin:
I find this unfortunate because I like spinach. Hopefully they'll fix this contamination and I can eat more for my big arms.

Or is this e-coli thing an X-Files like conspiracy???

You guys get spinach from the States?

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What, pray tell, will Popeye do?
Irwin

I guess he will have to eat spinach with olive oil or olive oil's spinach

The spinach story seems to have died in the media. Is anybody able to buy the pre-packaged stuff yet? Stores where I shop still aren’t selling it.

I hope this ends soon. I love spinach

If the service is bad, I don't think that my failing to tip will instill any improvement. I complain to the management. It's rare that they don't make some ammends.