U.S. expands warning to cover all fresh spinach
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Consumers should avoid all fresh   spinach, regardless of whether it is pre-packaged, a chief U.S.   food safety official warned on Saturday, saying the number of   E. coli illnesses had passed 100.
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Maryland state health officials have attributed three cases of E. coli illness to a spinach-borne outbreak of the deadly bacterium and are investigating the death of an 86-year old Hagerstown woman who became ill with E. coli after eating bagged spinach.
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The nation's largest grower of   organic produce said on Friday it had voluntarily recalled   fresh spinach products sold in the United States, Mexico and   Canada after the U.S. government said they could be linked to a   deadly and worsening E. coli outbreak.
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A California natural foods company was linked Friday to a nationwide E. coli outbreak that has killed one person and sickened nearly 100 others. Supermarkets across the country pulled spinach from shelves, and consumers tossed out the leafy green.
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Consumer advocates and some lawmakers say that a Salinas Valley company's recall of spinach because of a salmonella scare shows that the federal government must do more to protect the nation's food supply, but industry officials call it proof that their voluntary regulations are working.
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As federal health officials investigate a deadly outbreak of bacteria-tainted bagged spinach that has killed one person and sickened dozens more, restaurants and grocery stores around the country are temporarily pulling spinach off menus and shelves.
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WASHINGTON -- A Seattle company is recalling some salad products distributed in the Northwest because they may contain fresh spinach contaminated with E. coli, the Food and Drug Administration said Monday.
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BOISE, Idaho  - A 2-year-old boy in Idaho and an   86-year-old woman in Maryland who both died from suspected E.   coli infections raised to three the number of deaths from an   outbreak traced to fresh spinach, state health officials said   on Friday.
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Two more cases of illness were blamed Sunday on the outbreak of E. coli linked to fresh spinach, raising the number of people sickened to 173, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.
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State health officials in Ohio are investigating whether a second death is the result of a deadly outbreak of E. coli linked to fresh spinach, as federal regulators expanded their search for the source of the contamination.
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Agents with the FBI and the Food and Drug Administration searched two produce-packing plants in California's Salinas Valley yesterday morning in connection with last month's outbreak of E. coli in fresh spinach that so far has sickened 193 people and killed at least one.
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Two bags of spinach collected from E. coli patients in Wisconsin are linked to the national outbreak of the disease, state health officials said.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Federal agents from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have intervened to help investigate an E. coli outbreak tied to tainted spinach from California's Salinas Valley.
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California produce grower Metz Fresh LLC said on Wednesday it voluntarily recalled fresh spinach in grocery store and food service packages after a sample tested positive for salmonella.
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Fresh spinach is safe to eat in the United States because all E. coli-tainted spinach has been recalled, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday.
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Tough food safety precautions and produce-tracking systems implemented last year after a fatal E. coli outbreak were put to the test when spinach from a produce company came up positive for salmonella bacteria, prompting a new recall.
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Some farmers suggest that the FDA's warning stemming from an E. coli outbreak is too broad.