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Oxnard farm may be linked to E. coli cases
LA Times ^ | 12/8/06 | Marla Cone, Jerry Hirsch and Gary Polakovic, Times Staff Writers

Posted on 12/08/2006 12:14:51 AM PST by BurbankKarl

Green onions suspected of sickening Taco Bell customers in six states have been traced to one of Ventura County's largest vegetable growers, but authorities said Thursday it was too early to blame anyone for the outbreak.

Taco Bell Corp. voluntarily removed green onions from its restaurants Wednesday after discovering that the "vast majority" of at least 58 people who suffered E. coli food poisoning in the last week, mostly in New Jersey and New York, had eaten at a Taco Bell, federal officials said Thursday. No one has died, but 48 people have been hospitalized with kidney failure or other problems caused by the bacteria.

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TOPICS: US: California
KEYWORDS: ecoli; greenonions; mexnard
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1 posted on 12/08/2006 12:14:56 AM PST by BurbankKarl
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To: BurbankKarl

Here's a hint Ready Pac.

Stop using water that flows through cow dung pastures.

Just a hint.


2 posted on 12/08/2006 12:16:42 AM PST by Proud_USA_Republican (We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
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To: Proud_USA_Republican
Stop using water that flows through cow dung pastures.

You didn't read the article. It says that the e-coli is coming from ox nards.

3 posted on 12/08/2006 12:23:04 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (Barack Hussein Obama)
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To: BurbankKarl

lol!


4 posted on 12/08/2006 12:28:23 AM PST by ECM (Government is a make-work program for lawyers.)
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To: Jeff Chandler
You didn't read the article. It says that the e-coli is coming from ox nards.

An ox nard?

Is that different from an ox bunghole?

5 posted on 12/08/2006 12:29:05 AM PST by Nitro (A)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Perhaps I should stop shopping at Menards.


6 posted on 12/08/2006 12:37:54 AM PST by Manic_Episode (Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps...)
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To: BurbankKarl
According to this, it looks like Boskovich Farms, and green onions they imported from Mexico, may be the common link to the '03 hepatitis outbreak in PA -- they continue to import green onions from Mexico, but "not for Taco Bell." Uh Huh.

I haven't eaten green onions whether restaurant or supermarket-bought, since 2003. No big loss, but the spinach contamination bugs me, since we (used to) use a lot of it, both raw and frozen. We're all gonna die, but getting really, really sick from a freaking veggie just ain't worth it, and given the bucks and politics involved in the Mexico connection, I don't exactly have a whole lot of faith in the FDA to come up with either a definitive answer, or a solution.

7 posted on 12/08/2006 1:08:42 AM PST by browardchad
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To: browardchad
I haven't eaten green onions whether restaurant or supermarket-bought, since 2003.

Why not grow your own? Onions are easy to grow.

8 posted on 12/08/2006 2:21:05 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (Barack Hussein Obama)
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