[Aussiebabe]

Be careful, organic food is not automatically safer --the use of untreated cow manure in the industry is good source of E. coli which can cause this type of problem.

[martin_fierro]

Wasn't us.

[goldfinch]

We eat a lot of Earthbound Farms spinach in the winter. In the summer, I either grow my own or buy spinach grown locally...so, lucky me, I missed out on this.

[Uncle Miltie]

This is not possible because Organic is better. We've been told by "them."

[dandelion]

Very bad news for any who love fresh raw greens - and for those trying to raise their own produce as well. I have a horse, a cow and chickens. I compost their waste for at least thirty days in a black plastic can in direct sun to "cook" it and raise the temp to levels that SHOULD render it harmless, then I put it in a regular compost pile for months before using it.

But this kind of tragic news makes me uncomfortable. I'm trying to use good sanitary practice, and I wonder if there's a way to KNOW when the manure is completely composted...

Sadly, this might end up with the government telling "backyard gardeners" that they can't use manure for fertilizer - and that makes me even more uncomfortable.

[Nitro]

broccoli rules

[ChiMark]

Organic food is never safer! This should be more typical
of rotting organic produce.
Orion Samuelson says so and I'll believe him over
any anti-synthetic herbicide quack.
You got your proof!

[sockmonkey]

Now you know food fertilized with poop is better than food that has been grown with that nasty old liquid miracle gro stuff..

[stlnative]

cross reference...


E. Coli Outbreak Update - Partial List of Spinach Brand Names Recalled
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1702460/posts

[Victoria_R]

For the organic crowd: cinnamon.

http://www.ift.org/cms/?pid=1000572

[staytrue]

So, is there any way this can be blamed on Illegal aliens.

Single issue conservatives want to know.

[Dallas59]

I'll stick to cans...

[MediaMole]

In the meantime, Popeye the Sailor Man and this family will not be eating bagged spinach," said Dr. William Schaffner

Everyone knows Popeye eats canned spinach.

Doctors should also learn to avoid lame humor.

[DemforBush]

The fact that washing produce doesn't help when e-coli is involved is pretty scary news. Yikes!

[BossLady]

Being a vegetarian and organic food consumer for about 20 years....I have yet to contract E. Coli. People need to be careful and research no matter what they consume... whether it is food, pharmaceutical medicines or supplements...

[stlnative]

http://www.nbc5.com/health/9856155/detail.html

Recall Issued By Calif. Company Linked To E. coli Washing Not Enough, Officials Say

snippet...

The outbreak was traced to Natural Selection Foods, based in San Juan Bautista, Calif., and the company has voluntarily recalled products containing spinach.

FDA officials stressed that the bacteria had not been isolated in products sold by Natural Selection Foods but that the link was established by patient accounts of what they had eaten before becoming ill.

An investigation was continuing.

"It is possible that the recall and the information will extend beyond Natural Selection Foods and involve other brands and other companies, at other dates," said Dr. David Acheson, the chief medical officer with the FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.

The FDA warned people nationwide not to eat the spinach. Washing won't get rid of the tenacious bug, though thorough cooking can kill it.

[Penner]

FDA officials stressed that the bacteria had not been isolated in products sold by Natural Selection Foods but that the link was established by patient accounts of what they had eaten before becoming ill.

The victim's son identified her Friday night as Marion Graff, 77, of Manitowoc, who died of kidney failure on Sept. 7.

"We're trying to get to the bottom of this and figure out what happened. Everybody is terribly concerned," said Dave Kranz, a spokesman for the California Farm Bureau Federation.

This is BS. CA has the highest food quality standards in the nation.

Vegetables are washed numerous times during processing to prevent this kind of thing from happening.

This sounds similar to the incident in Arizona, where the "victim" spilled coffee on herself and sued the company who provided the coffee.

Be careful, organic food is not automatically safer --the use of untreated cow manure in the industry is good source of E. coli which can cause this type of problem.

Maybe that's how it's done in Australia.

But that's not how it's done in California.

[BJungNan]

Why is it that we are not worried about this in our home. Hmmmm, could it be we never believed produce is the U.S. was clean enough to eat right off the shelf?

[Tall_Texan]

"We are very, very upset about this," Natural Selection Foods spokeswoman Samantha Cabaluna said Friday night. "What we do is produce food that we want to be healthy and safe for consumers, so this is a tragedy for us."

Not a very good spokeswoman either. This isn't all about you. How about a little compassion for your victims? I'm sure their attornies would like to discuss it with you.

[NinoFan]

They are sold under many brand names, including Earthbound Farm, Dole, Green Harvest, Natural Selection Foods, Rave Spinach, Ready Pac and Trader Joe's.

Quite a few brands there. I know I've had some of those (although not recently). And they say it might be in other companies' brands... not good.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

I'm Popeye the sailor man with e-coli in the can....