The latest outbreak of food-borne illness, traced to a virulent bacterium in bagged spinach, is being called a watershed moment for American industrial agriculture, a time of reckoning for industry and government and the public.
Critics tell the New York Times the factory farming system needs an overhaul, with produce farmers and processors being subject
The local health department began an investigation after more than a dozen people came down with a severe stomach ailment. We first brought you the story when doctors diagnosed three of deputy Mark King’s children with an E. coli infection. Health investigators also determined that five other people contracted the bacteria.
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More bags of spinach tainted with toxic E. coli bacteria have been found and could help investigators track down an outbreak that may have killed three people, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in an interview with an Reuters on Tuesday.
Investigators found the bags in Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Ohio. The CDC
According to a statement released by the FDA, 183 cases of illness due to E. coli O157:H7 infection have been reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to date, including 29 cases of Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, 95 hospitalizations and one death.
A second case of E. coli poisoning in the widespread outbreak blamed on fresh spinach has been confirmed in Marion County, the Oregon Public Health Division said in an interview with The Statesman Journal Monday.
An 11-year-old girl was confirmed late Friday as having illness caused by E. coli O157:H7 infection. She was not hospitalized
Maryland public health officials said yesterday that three of the state’s four pending cases of E. coli O157 illness are not linked to a nationwide outbreak caused by bad spinach.
Officials told the Washington Post they continue to investigate the death of an 86-year-old Hagerstown woman and hope to receive test results within a week.
A bag of Dole-brand baby spinach bought in western Pennsylvania is the third one in the nation tied to a deadly E. coli strain, Pennsylvania health officials said Tuesday.
The Associated Press Reports The Pennsylvania Department of Health positively identified a sample of fresh bagged spinach that contains the strain of E. coli involved in
Doctors from the FDA, CDC and Washington University School of Medicine held a conference call earlier today to update the medical community on the E. coli outbreak according to The Associated Press.
In addition to providing an update on cases and recalls, the scientists also offered this advice: Don’t cook raw spinach in an attempt
The spinach business came to a slamming halt when the Food and Drug Administration warned consumers against eating all fresh spinach due to E. coli.
It was reported in the Monterey County Herald that some producers with spinach from outside of San Benito, Santa Clara and Monterey counties — still implicated in the FDA
A Canadian woman was recently hospitalized after eating spinach from the United States tainted with E. coli bacteria according to a Canadian Food Inspection Agency spokesman.
In an interview with AFP, it is reported that the strain killed one woman and made 172 people ill in 25 US states in recent months, prompting a massive