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Article: KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISES CONSUMERS TO AVOID BAGGED FRESH SPINACH
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- September 15, 2006
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The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services issued the following news release:
The Kentucky Department for Public Health (DPH) is recommending that consumers avoid the consumption of bagged fresh spinach as a safety measure to avoid possible E. coli infection.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday issued an alert about an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 in multiple states that may be associated with the consumption of bagged fresh spinach. DPH has been notified that one of the cases suspected to be part of this outbreak involves a female teenage resident of Paducah. She is currently hospitalized in Tennessee.
Three additional E. coli O157:H7 cases have been reported ...