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FBI raids companies linked to E. coli-tainted spinach

 

Federal agents raided two produce plants in Salinas Valley, Calif., yesterday,

as part of a criminal investigation into whether they violated food-safety and

environmental laws in distributing E. coli-tainted spinach. The FBI and the Food

and Drug Administration executed search warrants for the plants operated by

Natural Selection Foods and Growers Express. " We are investigating allegations

that certain spinach growers and distributors may not have taken all necessary

or appropriate steps to ensure that their spinach was safe before they were

placed into interstate commerce, " said U.S. Attorney Kevin Ryan. The

investigators do not believe the contamination was deliberate, but the companies

could be criminally penalized if found to have been negligent. Said Natural

Selection CEO Charles Sweat, " We continue to believe that the source of the

contamination was in the fields from which we buy our spinach. " Eight samples of

cow poop near two Salinas Valley spinach fields tested positive for E. coli on

Tuesday, but it is yet to be determined whether it matches the strain that

killed one person and sickened nearly 200 across the U.S. and Canada.

 

 

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straight to the source: San Francisco Chronicle, Associated Press, Paul Elias,

05 Oct 2006

 

 

straight to the source: The New York Times, Gardiner Harris and Libby Sander, 05

Oct 2006

 

 

straight to the source: The Mercury News, Ken McLaughlin and Brandon Bailey, 05

Oct 2006

 

 

straight to the source: The Washington Post, Annys Shin, 04 Oct 2006

 

 

get the backstory, in Grist: Latest E. coli outbreak should prompt rethink of

industrial agriculture

 

 

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there's a twilight where everything remains seemingly unchanged, and it is in

such twilight that we must be aware of change in the air, however slight, lest

we become unwitting victims of the darkness.

William O. Douglas