Organic Spinach Recalled Over Salmonella Concerns

Wednesday, May 23, 2012 - 20:40 in Health & Medicine

Taylor Farms Retail, Inc. of Salinas, California is initiating a voluntary recall of Organic Baby Spinach following a random test conducted on a finished package of spinach by the USDA that found salmonella.Salmonella is a bacteria that can cause infection and symptoms include  diarrhea (sometimes bloody), stomach cramps and fever. Infection typically lasts a few days and most people recover without medical treatment but because of that, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there may be as many as 30X the 42,000 cases reported each year in the U.S. alone. read more

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