Fresh Spinach Declared Safe to Eat

The Washington Post ^ | 9/30/06 | Annys Shin

[verum ago]

Federal food safety officials said fresh spinach is "as safe as it was before the outbreak," even though investigators have not determined the cause of a deadly E. coli outbreak.

FDA officials said yesterday that consumers should continue to avoid spinach recalled Sept. 14 by Natural Selection Foods LLC, a fresh produce processor based in San Juan Bautista, Calif. Four other companies have recalled spinach they got from Natural Selection. But officials cleared spinach grown in the Salinas Valley, after warning consumers for the past week not to eat spinach from that area.

[verum ago]

ok kids, no more excuses.

[Hazcat]

What? The illegal pickers are now wearing diapers so they won't crap in the fields?

[billorites]

[Eric in the Ozarks]

From the same people who want to run our health care.

[Hazcat]

Scary isn't it!

[Beth528]

I was going to say something like that but didn't know how to word it..You did great...LOL!

I am so glad we can eat spinach once more..I love the stuff in salads and cooked..I still ate spinach here since we grown our own and we didn't have any contaminated stuff..

[Cinnamon]

what? no taxing or some obscure govement regulation?

[verum ago]

what? no taxing or some obscure govement regulation?

be patient, it's probably coming...

[Hazcat]

I'm one of those strange people that LIKE creamed spinach.

[Cinnamon]

ahh.. there's hope. /sarc

I grew up in my dad's farm eating raw veggies and raw milk, and hunted boars..deer..etc I'm strong as an Ox.

[mplsconservative]

Creamed spinach bump!

I love the stuff too. :)

[verum ago]

I'm strong as an Ox.

Not that anybody in power cares.

[snowsislander]

The latest outbreak, which has sickened 187 people and killed at least one in 26 states, is the 20th E. coli outbreak in leafy greens over the past 10 years and the ninth traced to the Salinas Valley.

The ninth incident in 10 years in the Salinas Valley? That seems to be a very high rate.

[Beth528]

Have you ever tried Applebees Spinach Dip it is sooooo good...

[Hazcat]

No, but I do like Boston Markets creamed spinich.

[Beth528]

You really need to try that dip if you like spinach..I love the stuff..I like creamed spinach too..but not like this dip..

[Hazcat]

There's an Applebees down the street from me. I'll give it a try. Thanks.

[NaughtiusMaximus]

You first . . . No, I insist. Dig in. Eat up. Yum yum!

[MamaTexan]

fresh spinach is "as safe as it was before the outbreak,"

Well...yeah!

Particularly since I get it from my garden.

:-p

[Old Professer]

It was safe to eat before the first person got sick, too.