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After the recent E.coli outbreak, which has now possibly killed three people and sickened more than 100, officials are talking about labelling spinach with its area of origin in case of future outbreaks.

That way, the whole store wouldn’t have to be cleared of spinach if it was known the outbreak came from California spinach, for instance.

Food and Drug Administration officials say they don’t want to deny access to spinach for customers who want to eat it, but there’s no alternative right now because no one knows which spinach came from which farms.

This is a wise idea to get people to start eating spinach again once it is safe to do so. This will give people assurance that should a similar outbreak happen, it will be easier to pinpoint the source and not have to eliminate the entire supply, which is good for spinach manufacturers and those who like to eat the green stuff.

Sarah White wrote this on September 22nd, 2006 and filed it under Healthy Living, Healthy Cooking, Healthy Eating, Health Foods, Raw Foods |