Spinach traceback
This AP story reveals more details of the federal state traceback on the fresh spinach that sparked a nationwide E. coli outbreak. But the most important detail is still lacking.
From the story:
Health officials were cited as telling state lawmakers said at a legislative hearing Tuesday that fresh spinach that sparked a nationwide E. coli outbreak last fall was grown on a roughly 50-acre plot in San Benito County, which was in the second year of a three-year transition to organic production. Dr. Kevin Reilly of the California Department of Health Services declined to release further details until they complete a full report on the outbreak, but said the report with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, would be released, "hopefully within the next few weeks."
TK: CDFA officials cited in the story say still don't know how the E. coli got on the spinach. But at least there is a body of knowledge about the area and the farming practices of this specific farm; we will see what kind of illumination the FDA's report brings. Whether water, soil amendments, wild pigs - let's hope the authorities can make the call on how it happened.
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February 27, Associated Press — Officials trace tainted spinach to San Benito County
farm. Fresh spinach that sparked a nationwide E. coli outbreak last fall was grown on a roughly
50−acre plot in San Benito County, CA, health officials told state lawmakers. Officials said at a
legislative hearing Tuesday, February 27, that investigators identified the grower who was
farming that plot, which was in the second year of a three−year transition to organic production.
However, they declined to release further details until they complete a full report on the
outbreak. Investigators previously have said they linked a strain of E. coli that killed three
people and sickened more than 200 others in September to wild pigs that may have spread the
bacteria in the field.
Source: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20070227−2222−wst−t aintedspinach.html
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