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Article: Spinach forces reassessment of food safety practices.
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- Frozen Food Digest
- Article date:
- October 1, 2007
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* While the risk of contracting a foodborne illness from eating spinach is low, spinach and leafy greens have been associated with numerous outbreaks due to contamination with E. coli O157:H7.
* Many growers have adopted voluntary Food and Drug Administration guidelines (Good Agricultural Practices) to reduce the risk of microbial contamination.
* The foodborne illness outbreak linked to spinach forced the California spinach and the broader leafy green industry to consider new approaches to food safety.
On September 14, 2006, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that consumers should not eat ...