Salinas Valley’s spinach growers and processors are proposing a plan to federal and state health officials to tackle food safety concerns in light of the unfolding nationwide E. coli outbreak according to a report by Dania Akkad in the Monterey County Herald.
About 75 local producers and trade association representatives met at the Monterey County
Once a readily accessible media darling celebrated for its eco-friendly business practices and humble beginnings, Earthbound Farm shied away from public scrutiny almost entirely Wednesday after investigators found E. coli bacteria in spinach that had been processed at the company’s San Juan Bautista plant.
During a hastily called news conference, Earthbound Farm spokeswoman Samantha Cabaluna
An editorial in the Contra Costa Times, reminds us that the current E. coli outbreak is something that should alert consumers to the lack of regulatory oversight over farmers and distributors of leafy greens that are purchased at local supermarkets.
For the past week, an E. coli outbreak, spread through contaminated spinach believed to have
The state laboratory in Frankfort has confirmed a seventh case of E. coli bacteria infection thought to be linked to the nationwide outbreak from tainted fresh spinach.
A male teen-aged Kenton County resident received outpatient treatment for the illness, a particular strain of E. coli O157:H7, said Gwenda Bond, spokeswoman for the Kentucky Department for
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment announced Wednesday that a test on a Denver resident showed that that person’s E. coli was not related to eating bagged spinach, and that the two Denver residents must have been infected in some other way.
Meanwhile, a Gunnison resident’s test did come back as spinach-related E.
When food turns deadly, old-fashioned detective work, modern technology and an appropriate sense of urgency are the best weapons to fight back. All have been employed in an outbreak of E. coli bacteria, which has sickened 146 people in 23 states and caused the death of one since August 2nd.
Detection and warning are what
The contaminated spinach that’s sickening consumers is emboldening lawmakers who want to strengthen federal defenses against future outbreaks of food-borne illness. With at least one death and 130 sick patients attributed to California spinach tainted by E. coli, the moment seems ripe for action. That could mean more money for research, more muscle for
Health officials in New Mexico positively identified a deadly strain of E. coli in a bag of spinach yesterday, providing a crucial clue that investigators say can be used to trace the source of an outbreak that has sickened 146 people.
Until now, the evidence implicating spinach has been circumstantial.
The E. coli outbreak, which
Earlier today, the New Mexico Department of Health announced a link to E. coli O157 in an opened, leftover bag of spinach from a case patient, says a media release from Earthbound Farm.
The product was conventional spinach, packed in Earthbound Farm’s facility. The strain matched the outbreak strain. This news confirmed their decision to
Farmers and food safety officials still have much to figure out about the recent spate of E. coli infections linked to raw spinach. So far, no particular stomache-ache has been traced to any particular farm irrigated by any particular river.
There is also no evidence so far that Natural Selection Foods, the huge shipper implicated