Investigators search spinach growers in E. coli probe
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Federal investigators probing a deadly outbreak of E. coli searched two California spinach producers on Wednesday for evidence of possible violations of food safety regulations.
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Leafy vegetables are the second leading source of E. coli infections in the United States, behind ground beef, but the government relies primarily on voluntary safety steps by farmers and packagers to prevent outbreaks.
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BOISE, Idaho  - A 2-year-old boy in Idaho and an   elderly woman in Maryland who both died from suspected E. coli   infections raised to three the number of deaths related to a   nationwide health scare around fresh spinach, state health   officials said on Friday.
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-- Health officials were investigating Friday whether the death of a Maryland woman who was infected with E. coli is linked to the national spinach-related outbreak of the bacteria.
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California officials have discovered E. coli in cattle feces on pastures near farms being investigated as possible sources of spinach contaminated with the bacteria, which caused a nationwide outbreak of food poisoning, a state health officer said on Tuesday.
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Natural Selection Foods LLC, the San Juan Bautista, Calif., processor of fresh produce that recalled bagged fresh spinach two weeks ago, said yesterday that it has begun testing spinach in the field for the E. coli bacteria.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- The number of people sickened by an E. coli outbreak traced to tainted spinach rose to 109 on Sunday, as federal officials announced more brands recalling their products.
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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.
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California officials say the E. coli bacterium recently discovered in U.S.-produced bags of spinach is found in nearly all Salinas Valley waterways.  The Salinas Valley is one of the world's most intensely farmed regions and a major supplier of lettuce and spinach to the United States.
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The California produce company at the center of the recent E. coli outbreak announced steps Thursday to improve its food safety inspections.
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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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After a number of E. coli-related illnesses have recently been reported in the state, area health officials are asking Twin Counties residents to look for warning signs of the disease.
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As federal agents launched a criminal investigation into two produce companies involved in the contaminated spinach outbreak, Idaho health officials confirmed the death of a 2-year-old boy Sept. 20 was caused by tainted spinach. Kyle Allgood was the second confirmed death in the E. coli outbreak, which also killed a Wisconsin woman.
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An outbreak of E.coli bacteria that   may linked to bagged fresh spinach has killed one person and   sickened dozens of others in eight states, the U.S. Food and   Drug Administration said on Thursday.
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SHELBY - County and state health officials have been investigating an E. coli case in Cleveland County in connection with the outbreak linked with the NC State Fair.
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RALEIGH, NC -- State health officials announced Monday that they have identified the that they have collected enough information from the ongoing E. Coli disease investigation to identify the state fair as the source of the outbreak.
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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.