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These are just some of the news stories that have appeared recently in newspapers across the nation.
On the 14th of September 2006, the FDA (United States Food and Drug Administration) issued an announcement that an E. coli outbreak had been associated to bagged spinach. This led to a nationwide recall. The outbreak was eventually traced back to a company in California and 4 spinach fields were implicated. According to the CDC (Center for Disease Control) and FDA there were more than 200 confirmed E. coli illnesses due to this single contamination. Out of these 200+ confirmed cases, more than 100 required hospitalizations and 3 resulted in death. Victims were located in 26 states.
September 2003 - almost 40 persons dining in a restaurant suffered from food poisoning after consuming salads made with pre-bagged lettuce. Many were hospitalized and several suffered from kidney failure.
2004 - 13 residents in a California retirement home are stricken with E. coli after consuming pre-washed spinach. 2 of the residents died.
July 2002, more than 50 women at a dance camp become ill from E coli after eating tainted pre-washed lettuce. Several of the young women were hospitalized and 1 suffered permanent kidney damage.
In 1998, parsley grown in Baja, California, was the source of a shigella (bacteria closely related to E. coli and salmonella) outbreak that sickened dozens of Americans.
OTTAWA -- An increasing number of Canadians are getting sick from eating bacteria-laden fresh produce, the Public Health Agency of Canada said following an October 2006 e. coli spinach scare in the U.S. The practices of farmers and other food processors have come under sharp criticism in the last few weeks after two Toronto residents were paralyzed, three people in the United States died and hundreds more became sick. According to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency website, public health experts estimate there are 11 to 13 million cases of foodborne illness in Canada every year.
Food safety experts are calling for stricter production controls on ready-to-eat salads after tests revealed that many contain bacteria which can cause potentially deadly food poisoning. A report compiled by the government's Health Protection Agency (HPA), found that one in 10 pre-packaged salads containing meat or seafood was contaminated with the listeria bacteria. Evidence of E. coli and salmonella was found in some bags of salad.
The number of people that have reported falling ill after eating at the Pars Cove restaurant booth at the Taste of Chicago has now risen to 717. The restaurant served a hummus salad that had been tainted with Salmonella. The number of confirmed food poisoning cases is now 116.
Recent outbreaks of Salmonella and E. coli related food poisoning linked to peanut butter, snack foods, lettuce and hamburger meat have more Americans questioning the safety of their food supply, according to a poll commissioned by a food industry trade group. A second survey by Consumer Reports Magazine has found that problems with contaminated food imports that leave many Americans severally ill with food poisoning, have increased support among the public for “country of origin” labels on food packaging.
Do an internet search and see how many news stories there are!
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