Green Onions Identified as Source of E. Coli Cases
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The outbreak continued to spread, with the total number of cases across in three Northeastern states swelling to 99.
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First it was spinach. Then tomatoes. Now possibly green onions.
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Shredded lettuce is the most likely source of an E. coli outbreak linked to Taco Bell restaurants in the Northeast, federal officials said yesterday as Taco Bell executives tried to reassure customers that it was safe to eat at the fast-food chain.
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Two suspected cases of E.coli are confirmed by public health officials at a school in the Bridgend area.
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One week, it's E. coli in fresh spinach. Then there's the recall for botulism in canned chili, beef stew, hash and gravy. And another for "gripe" water for colicky infants due to concerns about cryptosporidium. Just this week, there was an expanded recall for E. coli in frozen burgers and another...
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RALEIGH, NC -- State health officials on Monday identified the North Carolina State Fair as the source of the growing E. coli outbreak across the state.
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Preliminary findings by Taco Bell had found that some green onions were contaminated, and the chain removed green onions last week.
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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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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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A plastic bag of cut green onions that was about to be thrown out provided the break for investigators tracking E. coli infections.
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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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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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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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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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U.S. health officials said on Monday they were not ready to declare an end to the Taco Bell E. coli outbreak that sickened at least 64 people, saying they could not confirm that green onions were the source of the bacteria.
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Tampering is not suspected in an outbreak of E. coli linked to fresh spinach, federal health officials said Monday as they continue to probe the source of the contamination and warned consumers to continue to avoid eating fresh spinach products.
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Federal health officials await test results from California farms and packing plants that could allow them to pinpoint the source of an E. coli outbreak that's sickened spinach eaters across the country.