Probe finds E. coli in spinach package
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Spinach found in the refrigerator of a person sickened by E. coli was contaminated with the bacteria, the "smoking gun" that investigators have sought for the origin of the deadly outbreak, health officials say.
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An elderly woman who died in late August was infected with E. coli after eating fresh spinach, bringing to three the number of people who have perished in a nationwide outbreak of the bacteria, health officials said Friday.
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Two more companies have recalled   their products, including pizza and salad, because they may   contain spinach linked to a food poisoning outbreak, the U.S.   Food and Drug Administration said on Saturday.
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Two bags of Dole baby spinach that tested positive for the E. coli strain that has sickened 175 people nationwide were packaged at the same plant on the same day, California health officials said Monday.
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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.
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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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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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WASHINGTON - A foul-smelling package that led to the evacuation of a post office next to the Smithsonian's National Postal Museum contained two cans of spinach and a dirty diaper, authorities said. &quot;No wonder it smelled,&quot; said Deborah Yackley, a spokeswoman for the U.S.
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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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U.S. supermarkets cleared shelves of   bagged fresh spinach on Friday after the Food and Drug   Administration warned the produce could be the source of a   deadly E. coli outbreak across the nation.
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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.
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Health officials on Wednesday zeroed in on lettuce as the likely suspect in the E. coli outbreak linked to Taco Bell, though tracing the vegetable's source may prove difficult.
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Three people have now been confirmed killed in an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 food poisoning in spinach that originated in California, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday.
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The death of an elderly Nebraska woman has been linked to an outbreak of E. coli from tainted spinach, state health officials said Friday.
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Idaho health officials confirmed  on Thursday a toddler who died last month from kidney failure  had been infected by the E. coli strain responsible for a  nationwide wave of food poisoning linked to tainted spinach.
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Investigators are focusing on three   counties in central California in the search for the source of   an E. coli outbreak linked to fresh spinach that has spread to   23 states and sickened more than 100 people, the U.S. Food and   Drug Administration said on Wednesday.
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BOISE, Idaho  - A 2-year-old boy who drank a   spinach shake died from a suspected E. coli infection in a case   that is possibly related to the nationwide health scare around   spinach, a state health official said on Friday.