Thirteen product samples have been confirmed to contain the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 that is responsible for a nationwide outbreak that has resulted in 199 confirmed illnesses and 31 cases of hemolytic uremic syndrome.
There are now a total of 13 confirmed product samples that contain the E. coli O157:H7 outbreak strain.
As of Friday, three people had died from eating tainted spinach and 199 in 26 states were sickened during the outbreak. Officials still have not discovered how the spinach packaged by Natural Selection came to be contaminated, and they may never know, but they are confident the outbreak has been contained.
Caroline and David Zientek
Jim Goeser, owner of Jim’s Market and Locker Inc., tells the Associated Press that the federal government has needlessly requested that he recall 5,200 pounds of meat that he claims is safe and has likely already been consumed by thousands of people across seven states.
The products subject to recall include:
• 10-pound boxes of
Rachel Konrad of The Associated Press reports that Salinas-based Nunes Company Inc. has initiated a voluntary recall of green leaf lettuce purchased last week under the Foxy brand name. Foxy is one of the nation’s largest suppliers of lettuce, celery, broccoli, vegetable platters and stir-fry mixes.
Executives ordered the recall after learning that water used
State health officials said on Friday that one of the three people in the country who died from contaminated spinach is from Sarpy County, Nebraska.
Ruby Trautz, 81, of Bellevue got sick after eating spinach in late August. She died a short time later. Her daughter Polly and her husband Ken told KETV Channel 7
As of October 6, 2006, Friday, 199 persons infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 have been reported to CDC from 26 states. Among the ill persons, 102 were hospitalized and 31 have developed a type of kidney failure called hemolytic uremic syndrome.
Three deaths in confirmed cases have been associated with
Two separate E. coli outbreaks in Ontario, with a total of 34 confirmed and suspected cases, may have been the result of tainted lettuce. But health officials say there’s no longer a threat to the public, according to CTV News.
Officials are investigating outbreaks stemming from a restaurant in Sudbury and a school in Hamilton.
Seattle attorney William Marler is representing Jeffrey Merkey of Lindon, who filed a lawsuit last week after he claimed his son got extremely sick when he was fed spinach.
As a result, Merkey’s son spent several weeks in intensive care at Primary Children’s Medical Center for severe kidney damage as a result of contracting E.
Westlake Village, Calif.-based food giant Dole Food Co. Inc. has been named as a defendant, along with Natural Selection Foods, in five cases filed by people who contracted an E. coli infection allegedly after eating the companies’ bagged spinach.
The latest outbreak, which began last month, has killed one person and sickened 183 in 26
The New York Times reports that federal investigators have opened a criminal investigation into accusations that some California spinach growers and distributors failed to take adequate measures to ensure that their spinach was safe before selling it.
Yesterday, agents of the FBI and the Office of Criminal Investigations in the FDA carried out search warrants