[Sca-cooks] More details on Spinach recall

[Johnna Holloway]

More details on the spinach recall.

The Food and Drug Administration continued to warn consumers not to eat 
fresh spinach or products containing fresh spinach until further notice.

Erring on the side of caution, officials did not recommend cooking the 
fresh greens. Canned and frozen spinach are not included in the warning.

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-spinach18sep18,1,7227723.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california
http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_2000234,00.html

"The cause of the outbreak is still not clear. It could be irrigation 
water, Dr. Acheson said, or it could be a processing problem in a 
factory. In the humid environment of a sealed bag of spinach or salad 
mix, E. coli can multiply rapidly if the bag is allowed to get too warm, 
he said.  Some processors expose spinach to chlorine to kill E. coli, 
which can kill the bacteria on the leaf surface. But if the bacteria are 
in irrigation water they can enter the plant, and the chlorine will not 
reach them, Dr. Acheson said."

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/18/us/18spinach.html?_r=1&ref=us&oref=slogin

Johnnae