New spinach recall - pass it on!
There’s a new recall for fresh spinach distributed by the California company Metz Fresh LLC. The company still has 90% of the recalled spinach, i.e., it didn’t go out, but the other 10% has been distributed throughout the continental US and Canada, packaged for both retail and food service.
Yahoo says:
“The recall covers 10- and 16-ounce bags, as well as 4-pound cartons and cartons that contain four 2.5-pound bags, with the following tracking codes: 12208114, 12208214 and 12208314.”
All of the Metz spinach you may have purchased at the store…it’d be branded as Metz Fresh. According to the FDA. So far.
Me, I want pictures.
This time, it’s salmonella, not Escherichia coli. If you ask me, E. coli, especially O157:H7, is way tougher than salmonella, way more hard core. But, they both can kill people. I shouldn’t choose favorites.
If you’ve already forgotten our friend O157:H7, maybe revisit Dirty Pictures.
Now, please meet our new friend, Salmonella infantis!
CDC image 7183 / Janice Carr
As you can see here, S. infantis can be a bit cliquey. As you can also see, we’ve got another rod-shaped bacterium on our hands and/or spinach.
I’m going to publish this now so that you are aware of the recall.
Here’s a link to the company’s site: Metz Fresh.
Here’s a link to the FDA’s notice of recall.
Tomorrow, we’ll get to know salmonella a little bit better. This is especially true if you’ve eaten any of the lucky spinach!
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August 25th, 2008 at 11:07 pm
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