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Observations.(causes of foodborne illnesses)
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FDA Consumer
- Article date:
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March 1, 2007
- Author:
- Formanek, Raymond, Jr.
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Spinach contaminated with Escherichia coli (E. coli) 0157:H7 sickened more than 200 people in 26 states in the fall of 2006. More recently, tomatoes served at a restaurant were named as the culprit after more than 180 people in 21 states got salmonella. And another 160 people in New York, New Jersey, and other states became ill with E. coli after eating at a fast-food taco restaurant chain.
In February 2007, the FDA issued a warning after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) completed an epidemiological study that linked 288 cases of foodborne illness in 39 states to consumption of several types of Peter Pan peanut butter. The contamination of flesh spinach ...