Spinach Recalled By Calif. Company

[Kadie]

Spinach Recalled By Calif. Company
Salmonella Detected In Test; No Illnesses Reported

POSTED: 10:54 am PDT September 18, 2009
UPDATED: 11:40 am PDT September 18, 2009

SALINAS, Calif. -- A Salinas Valley distributor is recalling two brands of bunched spinach after routine testing detected salmonella.

The California Department of Public Health announced Thursday that Ippolito International is recalling 1,715 cartons of spinach harvested Sept. 1-3, and sold to retail, food service and wholesale buyers.

The bulk of the cartons were packed under the "Queen Victoria" label and shipped to California, Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, and to British Columbia, Ontario and Manitoba in Canada.

The recall also affects cartons packed under a "Tubby" label and distributed in California and New York.

http://www.kcra.com/news/20989335/detail.html

[Hell Hath No Fury]

1. Hmmmm, wonder --

where the salmanella come from? Could it be from nearby dairy/cattle ranches crap-infested runoff?

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/10/13/MNG71LOT711.DTL

Spinach E. coli linked to cattle
Manure on pasture had same strain as bacteria in outbreak
Sabin Russell, Chronicle Medical Writer
Friday, October 13, 2006

Samples of cattle manure on pastures surrounding a spinach field have tested positive for the same strain of E. coli bacteria that killed at least three people and sickened nearly 200 others -- the first direct evidence linking a Salinas Valley farm to the outbreak that has spanned 26 states and one Canadian province.

The pasture is part of an unidentified beef cattle ranch that also leases its fields to spinach growers. Fences on the cattle operation had been penetrated by wild pigs, and disease detectives are trying to determine whether feral swine might have played a role in spreading the bacteria from pasture to spinach field.

Tests at the California Department of Health Services laboratory in Richmond found that E. coli O157:H7 bacteria detected in three cow pies produced the same genetic fingerprints as the strain found in human victims and in the bags of spinach they had purchased.

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[stray cat]

3. Fertilizer?

[JBoy]

2. Salinas spinach had an E-coli problem back in 2006

and was linked to manure on surrounding pastures.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/10/13/MNG71LOT711.DTL

Samples of cattle manure on pastures surrounding a spinach field have tested positive for the same strain of E. coli bacteria that killed at least three people and sickened nearly 200 others -- the first direct evidence linking a Salinas Valley farm to the outbreak that has spanned 26 states and one Canadian province.

[Louisiana1976]

4. Glad I don't eat spinach....

[Javaman]

5. I guess it wasn't strong to the "finich". nt

[Journeyman]

6. Fresh spinach picked and shipped on the 1st to 3rd, recalled on the 18th. . .

I wonder how much hasn't been consumed by now. . .