PSA: E. coli outbreak traced to bagged spinach; 1 dead

[truth]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- An outbreak of E. coli in eight states has left at least one person dead and 50 others sick, federal health officials said Thursday in warning consumers not to eat bagged fresh spinach.
The death occurred in Wisconsin, where 20 others were also sickened, said Dr. David Acheson of the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. The outbreak has sickened others -- eight of them seriously -- in Connecticut, Idaho, Indiana, Michigan, New Mexico, Oregon and Utah.

FDA officials do not know the source of the outbreak other than it appears to be linked to bagged spinach. "We're advising people not to eat it," Acheson said.


The outbreak has affected a mix of ages, but most of the cases have involved women, Acheson said.


The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Wisconsin health officials alerted the FDA about the outbreak Wednesday. Preliminary analysis suggests the same bug is responsible for the outbreak in all eight states.


E. coli causes diarrhea, often with bloody stools. Most healthy adults can recover completely within a week, although some people -- including the very young and old -- can develop a form of kidney failure that often leads to death.


Anyone who has gotten sick after eating raw packaged spinach should contact a doctor, officials said.


Other bagged vegetables, including pre-packaged salads, apparently are not affected. In general, however, washing all bagged vegetables is recommended.

[stump832]

RIP, Popeye.

[Grange]

Fuck! I just bought some fresh packaged greens along with classic iceberg for salads at lunch. I just finished the iceberg was was going to open the other one tomorrow. Looks like I'll be eating something else.

[cj001f]

Welll, that's what happens when Mexicans piss on the veggies they pick.

"But those are jobs Americans won't do".

Eat up fuckwit.

[TurxSki]

Wow, who'd a thought it !
Extreme Spinach Eating !
Lets hope it catches on with young snowboarders "Yeh, I totally can't do a mute grab off that rail until I've eaten my salad"

That's why I always wash my veggies...
I assume the fatality is a retired person, or very young kid.

[MacDaddy]

Welll, that's what happens when Mexicans piss on the veggies they pick.

WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR PROBLEM ASSHOLE!

[13]

Welll, that's what happens when Mexicans piss on the veggies they pick.

1. Fruits/Veggies are usually irradiated before consumption to kill bacteria.

2. E. Coli doesn't come from urine.

Fuckin dumbass.

[Cyber Cop]

i pissed on flaskman before posting in this thread. And I still ate my spinach, cause snowboarders are hard.

[snowfire]

heh, just as I saw that on the news I was eating a pita chock full of fresh-from-the-bag spinach. I just bought a new bag too... I'm addicted to the stuff. Guess I'll switch over to lettuce for awhile.

[iceman]

RIP, Popeye.

Popeye eats canned spinach, duh.

[truth]

Popeye eats canned spinach, duh.

Don't mind him, he's a newlywed. He's got bigger fish to fry these days.

[iceman]

Don't mind him, he's a newlywed. He's got bigger fish to fry these days.

Nudgenudgewinwinksaynomore.

[Hurricane]

Bloody stool?

Is that Bad_roo slang, or a side effect resulting in a successful night at the gay bar?

[LCP4life]

ahahahahahhaha "vegetarians"

[cj001f]

Don't mind him, he's a newlywed. He's got bigger fish to fry these days.

I think the whole 'voting off the island' thing has past by the time he's gone on honeymoon

[freshies]

wow, i just had a big salad with this stuff (the "orgainc baby spinach" from whole foods) in it...no shit...like 2 hours ago...oh well, if i become suddenly ill tonight i guess i know why....

[TeleHoar]

E Coli?
Shit thats nothing...
Pussies!

I sprinkle E Coli on my breakfast cereal!

Now spinach with a flesh-eating bacteria or pine-beetle flu...
Theres something to worry about!

[Tuckerman]

ahahahahahhaha "vegetarians"

[stump832]

Popeye eats canned spinach, duh.

Do they even make canned spinach anymore?

[Steven S. Dallas]

Not since Popeye died of botulism.

[AbsolutStoli]

hahaha...i just found out one of my friends works at the company that has something to do with the spinach. i think packaging. her phone has been on fire all morning. that sucks for her.