Wild pigs eyed as source of deadly bacteria found in spinach

AP ^ | 10/26/6 | ANDREW BRIDGES

[Silly]

Wild-eyed pigs...?

[SmithL]

NOTE TO SELF: Make sure that the bacon is thoroughly cooked before putting it on my spinach salad.

[CholeraJoe]

Thanks for posting this. When the contaminated spinach story first hit the news many xenophobes here on FR were convinced that the contamination was due to illegals pooping in the fields.

[mewzilla]

Son of Hogzilla...

[ThisLittleLightofMine]

Can't help but wonder if biosolids is being used on these crops.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Porcine poop ping.....

[sure_fine]

a whole litter of Helen Thomases?

[WilliamofCarmichael]

"Feds Expand E. Coli Probe, Two California Spinach Processing Plants Searched For Evidence"

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/10/04/national/main2062251.shtml

"Since E. coli is found in animal and human feces, state and federal inspectors trying to pinpoint the source of contamination have focused on irrigation water, fertilization methods, worker hygiene, and the proximity of fields to livestock."

From another Internet source

"The 2 bags were packaged at the same plant, on the same shift and the same day. One bag was found in Utah and the other in New Mexico. The plant is owned by Natural Selection Foods of San Juan Bautista. The company supplies Dole and more than 20 other brands."

Livestock and wild pigs have never, never contributed to political parties. Ever.

[mewzilla]

Livestock and wild pigs have never, never contributed to political parties. Ever.

They just make up a large chunk of both political parties.

[TomGuy]

Sounds about as phoney as the tree branch in rural Ohio that blackened most of the NE USA a couple of years ago.

And what ever became of the anthrax investigation? Wasn't that finally found to have been sent by a disgruntled treefrog in rural South Carolina?


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Wild-eyed pigs?

[greyfoxx39]

Hillary was there, spreading her usual crap.

[TomGuy]

Livestock and wild pigs have never, never contributed to political parties.

No, but pork and political parties have a long history of congeniality.

[BallyBill]

Are Wild eyed Pigs an endangered species? Sounds like we need Tred Barta and Ted Nugent to go on a little road trip.

[ikka]

What about human beings not being sanitary or not bothering to go to a porta potty when out in the field?

[razorback-bert]

He only says, “Good fences make good neighbours.”
Spring is the mischief in me, and I wonder
If I could put a notion in his head:
“Why do they make good neighbours? Isn’t it
Where there are cows? But here there are no cows.

[gaijin]

So at juuuuust the time when CA is fiiiiiinally cracking down on illegals at all, POOP shows up in the spinach, mysteriously....!

And the PIGS are soooo much to blame that the friggin' FBI shows up?

RIIiiiiiiiight....!

[ozzymandus]

Hey Joe, maybe the pigs caught the disease from the illegal's poop. Or do you just like calling opponents of illegal immigration "xenophobes"??

[taxesareforever]

Wild pigs are one "real clear vehicle" that could explain how E. coli spread from cattle on the ranch to the spinach field less than a mile away, Reilly said. The pigs could have tracked the bacteria into the field or spread it through their droppings, he said.

Doesn't this sound convincing? NOT! Notice how they want to present this as fact yet the word "could" is used multiple times. What a joke. When they FIND the reason then I'll consider believing what they have to say. Otherwise I will view this finding with "Closed Eyes".

[dhuffman@awod.com]

'Wild-eyed pigs' and spinach hemmed in by a fence. Journalists.