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EDITORIAL: Spinach-borne E. coli outbreak not uncommon: Spinach-borne E. coli outbreak not uncommon.(Editorial)

The Tribune (Mesa, AZ)

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Sep. 20--September is National Food Safety Education Month ("Don't compromise -- Clean and sanitize"), but the food people probably would have been happier to have the issue publicized by something other than an E. coli outbreak linked to tainted spinach. Food poisoning linked to fresh vegetables is not terribly uncommon. There have been 19 outbreaks due to tainted spinach and lettuce in the United States since 1995, and in 2003 E. coli-infected spinach killed two people. The current outbreak has killed one person and sickened more than 100 others, and the Food and Drug Administration is advising stores not to sell and consumers not to buy fresh spinach. Spinach is ...

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