Spinach recall in full-effect!

Looks like searching for the brands responsible was too time consuming and slow for most of the public to accecpt - bring on the wholesale recalls! Got this from Boston.com:

"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The nation's largest grower of organic produce said on Friday it had voluntarily recalled fresh spinach products sold in the United States, Mexico and Canada after the U.S. government said they could be linked to a deadly and worsening E. coli outbreak.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said one person died, 14 suffered kidney failure and at least 94 in 20 states were ill after eating suspected contaminated pre-packaged spinach, at least some of it packed by California-based Natural Selection Foods LLC/Earthbound Farm."

"The best advice to consumers is, if you don't know if it's pre-packaged or not, avoid it," Dr. David Acheson, the agency's chief officer for food safety, warned consumers.

Wisconsin health authorities said the E. coli fatality was a 77-year-old woman from Manitowoc who died September 7. The FDA said 29 cases of E. coli were reported to the Centers of Disease Control in Wisconsin alone."

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Wait wait wait! Last I heard it was the free-range spinach we had to worry about? Now all spiniach is in question?? Or just fresh prepackaged spinach? I'm so confused.

Just a hint - it's a big outbreak so you might want to start your investigation with big suppliers. Ok folks, in the meantime I suggest eating brussel sprouts: they taste equally bad but are actually better for you!