Health Alert: Breaking News
The FDA Recalls Spinach after E.Coli
Outbreak
September 25, 2006
Here is a health alert from a personal injury attorney concerning a recall you should be aware of. The FDA is working closely with CDC and the state of California concerning certain spinach. The spinach implicated in the outbreak of E. Coli was grown in three counties, Monterey, San Benito and Santa Clara, in California. Spinach grown in the rest of the United States has not been implicated in the current E. coli O157:H7 outbreak.
To date, 171 cases of illness due to E. coli O157:H7 infection have been
reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), including 27
cases of Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS), 92 hospitalizations and one death. To
date, 25 states have reported cases of E. coli O157:H7 infection.
Health
Alert Recall--The number of people who have become sick with E. coli after
eating fresh spinach continued to increase yesterday as federal officials
narrowed their investigation and reminded consumers that spinach grown outside
three California counties was safe to eat.
The public can be confident
that spinach grown in the non-implicated areas can be consumed. Other produce
grown in these counties is not implicated in this outbreak. Processed spinach
(e.g., frozen and canned spinach) is also not implicated in this
outbreak.
Industry is working to get spinach from areas not implicated in
the current E. coli O157:H7 outbreak back on the market. Investigators from FDA,
CDC and the state of California are working to narrow the area implicated in the
current E. coli O157:H7 outbreak further.
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