Posted on 10/27/2006 12:44:33 PM PDT by delacoert
Investigators searching for the source of E. coli bacteria that contaminated fresh spinach resulting in a 26-state outbreak of food poisoning have found the suspect strain in the gut of a wild pig killed on the Salinas Valley ranch where the tainted produce was grown.
The same strain of E. coli had already been found in cattle pastured on land surrounding the 50-acre spinach field. On Thursday, state officials said more samples of the strain were found: in the pig, in other cow manure samples, and in water from a creek located a mile downslope from that field.
Investigators had found evidence earlier that wild pigs had penetrated fencing built to keep wildlife out of the spinach field. There were tracks of the animals in the fields, where they had apparently been drawn to feast on the fresh greens.
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Oh, but do the nearby cattle have the same germ?
Wild pigs will be the patsy for the public. Can't sue them.
Hmm, cattle drink water. Wild pigs drink water. Plants are irrigated with water. Nope, no pattern there.
It's cows ecoli that wild pigs transferred to spinach in the fields.. one theory proposed of late.
Not sure on how clean one can really get "fresh" spinach or the table considering how it is grown, harvested packaged and then distributed.
It's a very convenient "finding" isn't it?
I knew there was a bacon of hope.
Wild Pig Ping!
Outstanding. Those investigators not only know some s**t, they know where it comes from, too.
If feral pigs got into that field, there wouldn't be much left to pick. They don't call them PIGS for nothing.
Hmm, cattle drink water. Wild pigs drink water. Plants are irrigated with water. Nope, no pattern there.
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Did we see any mention of them testing the water?? No, that just could not be it....
It's hard to believe anthrax would be harder to trace and track than e-coli, but there it is.
Of course, this wasn't the FBI looking for it either! (ha ha ha ha ha ha ha)
No doubt the "fibbies" would have had 'em building a dam on that crick first so they could walk across without messing up their wingtips.
You should be collard for that ridiculous pig pun.
I'm free to rid them of their wild pig problem. Rifle handgun or archery gear, I'm ready to go.....
hey juan, whats this shit in the spinach?
its wild pig shit,julio.
no shit?
si, shit.
what we gonna do with it mang?
put it it the bag, those gringos don't know shit from spinach.
As long as we are conjecturing about the source of E. coli, has anyone checked the gut or spoor of illegal aliens working these crops?
Did the wild pigs contaminate the spinach field? Or did the wild pigs eat contaminated spinach? Chicken or egg?
I ham pretty much sow-ered on spinach anyway.
"Did we see any mention of them testing the water?? "
We did, if we read the article. We saw them mention it twice...once in the headline, and once in the body.
"Did the wild pigs contaminate the spinach field? Or did the wild pigs eat contaminated spinach? Chicken or egg?
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Now, I don't know about wild pigs, but I do about domestic pigs. They eat. They crap. They do both at the same time.
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