Is E. coli the New Threat to Salad Lovers?

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The recent E. coli outbreak linked to bagged spinach has been traced to Natural Selection Foods, a California-based company. This outbreak has resulted in one death and nearly 100 illnesses across 20 states. The FDA has indicated that while a source has been identified, there may be additional sources yet to be determined. Consumers are advised to discard all bagged spinach products, as the contamination may involve multiple brands, including Dole and Trader Joe's.

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  • #31
So it isn't all salad eaters, Rach3 - just the hippies. :biggrin:
 
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Rach3 said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_farming

It's quite simple. What we're doing is enhancing the health of the very smallest of nature's soil dwellers.
:smile: Now there's a cause for the Animal Right's activists to jump on! Save the E. coli! :smile: Oh, wait, they're not animals. Darn! Where are the bacteria rights activists?
 
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Moonbear said:
:smile: Now there's a cause for the Animal Right's activists to jump on! Save the E. coli! :smile: Oh, wait, they're not animals. Darn! Where are the bacteria rights activists?

In their proper place in the great pantheon of diversity - between the pro-zygotists and the deep ecologists.
 

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