Guest guest Posted September 15, 2006 Report Share Posted September 15, 2006 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14841731/ " FDA officials stressed that the bacteria had not been isolated in products sold by Natural Selection Foods but that the link was established by patient accounts of what they had eaten before becoming ill. " " They are sold as Rave Spinach, Natural Selection Foods, Dole, Earthbound Farm, Trader Joe's, Ready Pac, Green Harvest, among other brand names. " Apparently the spinach came from the Natural Selection Foods who supplied several brand names as well as Earthbound. This article doesn't mention organics, but on the news while they're talking about tracing it to a farm in CA they show the Earthbound Organics label. (rolling eyes) Why not Dole or one of the others? Grrr..... > > Is anyone besides me having some second thoughts about how this > problem allegedly occurred at Earthbound, the named source of the e- > coli? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 16, 2006 Report Share Posted September 16, 2006 I read that it had been isolated to Earthbound (which doesn't mean that was accurate reporting) and Earthbound, in fact, has a press release on their website that just stops short of accepting responsibility; they are offering refunds on all purchases. So it will be interesting to see what develops. It also makes me a bit edgy about the Wal-mart plan to add organic foods to their repertoire .... you can pretty much guess they'll be importing produce from countries with less oversight than the US. I still think growing and buying local is safer for everyone in the long run. How can all that processing, packaging, and shipping be healthy and wholesome in the long-run? It's a recipe for disaster as is any kind of factory farming beyond a certain size. Just my pompous opinion, of course. Dani ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14841731/ > > " FDA officials stressed that the bacteria had not been isolated in > products sold by Natural Selection Foods but that the link was > established by patient accounts of what they had eaten before becoming > ill. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 16, 2006 Report Share Posted September 16, 2006 Yeah, the reports are various and sketchy. I read that 33 brands of spinach were recalled, Earthbound being one of them, but that there had been no actual samples of e-coli found in any of them. They were just going on what brands consumers thought they had eaten. At my CSA today our farmer said he figured he better not send spinach in the bags today, LOL. We all had a good laugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 18, 2006 Report Share Posted September 18, 2006 The truth finally comes out. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14888822/ " SAN FRANCISCO - The company whose fresh spinach was linked to an E. coli outbreak that's sickened at least 109 people said its organic products had been cleared of suspicion, while health officials continued working to pinpoint the bacteria source. Natural Selection Foods LLC, the country's largest grower of organic produce, said late Sunday that manufacturing codes from packages of spinach that infected patients turned over to health officials all were from non-organic spinach. Natural Selection packages both organic and conventionally grown spinach in separate areas at its San Bautista plant. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 18, 2006 Report Share Posted September 18, 2006 I found this post from another group to be very interesting. Lynn Eat spinach! Posted by: " Sharon Zecchinelli " henwhisperer@... sazinvt Sun Sep 17, 2006 5:00 am (PST) This spinach/e-coli alert strikes me as odd in as much as the FDA just approved the use of that virus spray for use on lunch meats, vegetables and fruit. It seems a strange coincidence to have an outbreak of e-coli at this moment in time. To me, this is a " red herring " and in short order we will be hearing about how they will be ramping up the spraying of that virus. I could be wrong, but the timing is so curious. Sorry that people got sick and died, but if you read the article you'll see that those who died already had a medical problem of so nature. Again, this proves the need for locally grown food, not food grown thousands of miles away that goes through how many hands until it reaches the store shelves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 18, 2006 Report Share Posted September 18, 2006 I found this post on another group to be very interesting. Lynn Eat spinach! Posted by: " Sharon Zecchinelli " henwhisperer@... sazinvt Sun Sep 17, 2006 5:00 am (PST) This spinach/e-coli alert strikes me as odd in as much as the FDA just approved the use of that virus spray for use on lunch meats, vegetables and fruit. It seems a strange coincidence to have an outbreak of e-coli at this moment in time. To me, this is a " red herring " and in short order we will be hearing about how they will be ramping up the spraying of that virus. I could be wrong, but the timing is so curious. Sorry that people got sick and died, but if you read the article you'll see that those who died already had a medical problem of so nature. Again, this proves the need for locally grown food, not food grown thousands of miles away that goes through how many hands until it reaches the store shelves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 18, 2006 Report Share Posted September 18, 2006 From an Associated Press article on 9/18: >>FDA spokeswoman Bro dismissed a claim by Natural Selection Foods LLC, the company linked to the outbreak, that its organic spinach products had been cleared of suspicion. " The FDA has not cleared any products from the list and continues to recommend consumers avoid eating fresh spinach products, " she said.<< The article also mentions that the problem and warnings go back several years, and that flooding in ditch water may be the source of the E-coli. Hopefully, time will get to the truth of the matter, growers will be able to recoup, and we can eat spinach again. Glad we've got a Fall planting of it in the garden! Dani ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > The truth finally comes out. > > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14888822/ > > " SAN FRANCISCO - The company whose fresh spinach was linked to an E. > coli outbreak that's sickened at least 109 people said its organic > products had been cleared of suspicion, while health officials > continued working to pinpoint the bacteria source. > > Natural Selection Foods LLC, the country's largest grower of organic > produce, said late Sunday that manufacturing codes from packages of > spinach that infected patients turned over to health officials all > were from non-organic spinach. Natural Selection packages both organic > and conventionally grown spinach in separate areas at its San > Bautista plant. " > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2006 Report Share Posted September 19, 2006 Does anyone know if that new virus spray will be " exempted " for organic labeling? They won't be able to spray it on organic products without telling us, will they? __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 AP report 9/20 10:41 EDT: >>Federal and state investigators on Wednesday focused their hunt to nine farms in California's greater Salinas Valley, said Dr. Mark Horton, the state public health officer. They also were checking processing plants, said Horton, who called the bag of tainted Dole baby spinach the " smoking gun " in the case. FYI ~ Dani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2006 Report Share Posted September 22, 2006 > Is anyone besides me having some second thoughts about how this > problem allegedly occurred at Earthbound, the named source of the e- > coli? But didn't I just read in the Madison paper that the organic spinach was not under suspicion, only the conventional spinach? -from Steph (who is now in WI, but still a member of the group) --------------------------------- Get your own web address for just $1.99/1st yr. We'll help. Small Business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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