Posted on 09/14/2006 7:07:33 PM PDT by milford421
E.Coli Outbreak Kills One In US Last Edited: Thursday, 14 Sep 2006, 9:00 PM CDT Created: Thursday, 14 Sep 2006, 8:40 PM CDT
An outbreak of E.coli that may be linked to bagged fresh spinach has killed one person and left another 50 sick.
The United States Food and Drug Administration has issued a nationwide warning to consumers not to eat bagged fresh spinach.
The death occurred in Wisconsin where 20 other people were also hit.
Seven other states, including Connecticut, Idaho, Indiana, Michigan, New Mexico, Oregon and Utah, have also been hit by the outbreak.
FDA officials have said they do not know the source of the outbreak other than it appeared to be linked to bagged spinach.
The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention and Wisconsin health officials alerted the FDA about the outbreak on Wednesday.
Early reports suggest the same bug is responsible for the outbreak in all eight states.
Most healthy adults can recover within a week, although some people, including the very young and old, can develop a form of kidney failure that often leads to death.
E.coli lives in the intestines of cattle and other animals and typically is linked to contamination by fecal material.
It causes an estimated 73,000 cases of infection, including 61 deaths, each year in the US.
They are an odd breed. Who else really cares?
"Seven other states, including Connecticut, Idaho, Indiana, Michigan, New Mexico, Oregon and Utah, have also been hit by the outbreak."
YIKES!
I just cooked 20 oz of fresh bagged spinach a few days ago. I live in Washington State. I see my state is not on the list, and I assume e-coli would hit you pretty fast so I guess we are safe in this household.
Umm.....perhaps.....because you cooked it, the object of it being your 20 oz. bag of fresh spinach.
I'm glad to have enlightened you as to the positive effects of cooking, at temperature, spinach and other citizens of the food chain.
Oh, great. I had a big ol' spinach salad for lunch yesterday. I don't seem to be dead yet, luckily. But I think I'll throw out the rest of the bag.
Vegan terrorism???
One KNOWN at this point. Wash salad greens with water and a chlorine bleach solution. Rinse with fresh, clean water. http://www.clorox.com/health_food_borne.php
The irony is that people only eat spinach because they think it is going to help them to live longer. Nobody actually likes the taste of that stuff, do they?
So sad. Boy, I am really glad I have my own vegetable garden.
Popeye.
I just heard they were notifying his next of kin.
About seven years ago, give or take, there was an outbreak related to straweberries. When all was said and done, they found out that the strawberries came from Mexico, and they were using water with human waste in it to irrigate the strawberries.
I have no idea where this spinach came from. It's probably a U.S. product, but who knows.
Awwww...it ain't that bad. ;)
I actually like it better than lettuce (easier to digest, and more vitamins & minerals) - especially if I grow it and pick it...then I know where it has been.
A.A.C.
I knew it. The terrorist facist are trying to kill Popeye!
Damn! I just planted some spinach a week ago. If I let it mature, it will become fresh bagged spinach.
should I quit watering it or dig it up and kill it?
You must be old.
Hmmm, I cook mine in olive oil with Feta cheese......does cooking kill the virus?
Every 5-year-old in the country is celebrating this news.
And when all was double said and double done, they found out that ignorant consumers ate s#*t covered strawberries without washing them. Or their hands. "Organic" produce is covered in pig crap and cow crap. Some of this offal comes from--Mexico!--. Worry not, US pig offal will only give one a different form of renal failure.
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