Organicgirl Produce announced a recall today of its 10 oz organicgirl Baby Spinach with an expiration Date of May 22 and Product Code 11A061167 because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The product was distributed in sold in 6 states, including: Alabama, North Carolina, Oregon, Wisconsin, Arizona and California.
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After a frightful two-year stretch in 2005 and 2006 that included two Dole spinach/lettuce outbreaks due to E. coli O157:H7 contamination, the resurgence of ground beef as a leading vector in E. coli cases must have caused lettuce to feel a little left out. The last month, with the announcement of a major national outbreak linked to
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Lynne Terry of The Oregonian reported this afternoon that Oregon health authorities have announced a suspected link between 124 Salmonella Typhimurium illnesses nationally and lettuce. The illnesses began appearing in mid-July and trailed off about a month later. Seven Oregon residents fell ill between Aug. 4 to 16, including three in the Portland metro area.
One of the Oregon residents who became ill suffered a particularly severe illness and was hospitalized for several weeks. Doctors removed a portion of her gastrointestinal tract, which had become necrotic and non-functional as a result of her severe infection with Salmonella Typhimurium. We represent this unfortunate woman, and are working hard to discover for her what the ultimate source of her illness was.
This would certainly not be the first time that contaminated lettuce or other leafy greens caused an outbreak of severe illnesses. In addition to the infamous Dole spinach E. coli outbreak in 2006, here are a few others:Continue Reading National Salmonella Typhimurium Outbreak Linked to Lettuce?
Tanimura & Antle, Inc. recalled one lot of romaine lettuce for Salmonella contamination yesterday after a Wisconsin Department of Agriculture test came back positive for the bacterium. According to a press release on the Tanimura & Antle website:
Within hours of being notified yesterday, Tanimura & Antle, Inc. traced back the entire lot of romaine