Federal health officials told California farmers to improve produce safety in a pointed warning letter last November, nearly a year before the multistate E. coli outbreak linked to spinach.
In fact, the current food-poisoning episode is the 20th since 1995 linked to spinach or lettuce, the Food and Drug Administration said.
There have been 19
On its way to supermarket shelves, bagged spinach passes from field to packing plant to store, with several opportunities along the journey for it to become contaminated with deadly E. coli bacteria.
This complex chain is making it hard to identify the precise source of the outbreak that has killed one person and sickened at
Drew Falkenstein of Marler Clark LLP in Seattle is representing 15 to 20 victims of the national spinach-based E. coli outbreak.
The suits, against Dole and Natural Selection Foods, include filings by Anna and Paul Zientek of Milwaukee, whose two children were hospitalized after eating spinach; and Gwyn Wellborn, a Salem, Ore., woman who became
Shaila Leafty and her young son have joined what is expected to be a growing number of people who are suing a California spinach producer blamed for a national E. coli outbreak. Her son Brayden’s illness is just one of an estimated 15 E. coli cases reported in Utah since the spinach-related outbreak was discovered.
Don’t plan to order the Spinach Veggie Wrap any time soon at Jason’s Deli, warns Anna Faltermeier of The University Daily Kansan.
After a nation-wide E. coli outbreak, companies are recalling products with spinach. Although no cases have been reported in Kansas, Lawrence businesses are taking preventative measures.
John Baranski, general manager of Jason’s Deli
Arizona resident Emily Gruenberger, 9, was diagnosed with E. coli poisoning. It’s not yet determined if she is among over 100 people nationally who have gotten sick from eating raw spinach.
Twenty-one states, including all of Arizona’s neighbors, have reported outbreaks, according to FOX11 News.
Pima County has four E. coli victims right now, two
Marler Clark has retained the Buffalo-Rochester based law firm Underberg & Kessler to assist with litigation resulting from the E. coli O157:H7 outbreak traced to bagged spinach. Marler Clark has filed lawsuits on behalf of Wisconsin, Oregon, and Utah residents, and is currently investigating claims on behalf of New York residents who have contacted the
Consumers should avoid all fresh spinach, regardless of whether it is pre-packaged, a chief U.S. food safety official warned on Saturday, saying the number of E. coli illnesses had passed 100.
Reuters reports that while the FDA did not expand the warning beyond fresh spinach, the investigation into the cause of the illnesses was continuing
Salad mixes containing spinach sold under the Hy-Vee label are on the recall list of fresh spinach pulled from shelves because of an E. coli outbreak, reports 9 Eyewitness News of Sioux City, Iowa.
The salad mix is from River Ranch fresh foods in Salinas, California, and are sold under the Hy-Vee label. The mix
Anne Grintjes told the Madison, Wisconsin-based The Capital Times that her 6-year-old son is in the hospital with E. coli-related complications and her daughter is now complaining of stomach cramps, a symptom her son had before being diagnosed with hemolytic uremic syndrome, which can lead to serious kidney damage, failure, and death.
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