Federal health officials worked Friday to find the source of a multistate E. coli outbreak and warned consumers that even washing the suspect spinach won’t kill the sometimes deadly bacteria.
One person died and dozens of others were sickened in the 10-state outbreak, linked by Food and Drug Administration officials to bagged spinach.
(Photo Credit: CNN)
“We need to strive to do even better, so even one life is not lost,” said Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach, FDA’s acting commissioner.
The FDA warned people not to eat bagged spinach and said washing it wouldn’t solve the problem because the bacteria is too tightly attached.
Source: CNN.com – E. coli outbreak spreads to 10th state – Sep 15, 2006
