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Pennsylvania Declared as One of the Affected States in E.Coli Spinach Scare
On October 4, 2006, U.S. Attorney Kevin V. Ryan of the Northern District of California issued a statement on the execution of two search warrants on Growers Express in Salinas, California, and Natural Selection Foods in San Bautista, California, in connection with the outbreak. FDA, the State of California, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) continue to investigate the cause of this outbreak. This includes continued inspections and sample collection in facilities, the environment and water, as well as studies of animal management, water use, and the environment.
To date, 192 cases of illness due to E. coli O157:H7 infection have been reported to CDC, including 30 cases of Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS), 98 hospitalizations and one death. The 26 affected states and numbers of illnesses in each state are: Arizona (7), California (2), Colorado (1), Connecticut (3) Idaho (4), Illinois (2), Indiana (11), Kentucky (8), Maine (3), Maryland (3), Michigan (4), Minnesota (2), Nebraska (9), Nevada (2), New Mexico (5), New York (11), Ohio (25), Oregon (6), Pennsylvania (9), Tennessee (1), Utah (18), Virginia (2), Washington (3), West Virginia (1), Wisconsin (49), and Wyoming (1). In addition, Canada has one confirmed case.
FDA announced on September 29, 2006 that all spinach implicated in the current outbreak has traced back to Natural Selection Foods LLC of San Juan Bautista, California. This determination is based on epidemiological and laboratory evidence obtained by multiple states and coordinated by CDC. Natural Selection Foods issued a recall of all implicated products on September 15, 2006. Four other companies have issued secondary recalls because they received the recalled product from Natural Selections. The Pennsylvania Department of Health has confirmed that E. coli O157:H7, the same strain as that associated with the outbreak, has been found in 2 individual bags of Dole spinach purchased in Pennsylvania with a "best if used by" date of August 30, 2006, and a lot code of P227A01.
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