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10-12-2006, 08:38 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- -- The same strain of deadly bacteria that sickened dozens of people nationwide has been found at a cattle ranch in California's Salinas Valley within a mile of spinach fields, investigators said Thursday.
Investigators still can't be sure that the E. coli found in cow manure contaminated the fields, but said the find warrants further investigation.
"We do not have a smoking cow at this point," said Dr. Kevin Reilly, deputy director of the Prevention Services Division of the California Department of Health Services. Nevertheless, Reilly called the match an important finding.
There are still many unanswered questions and the probe is continuing, said Dr. Robert Brackett, director of the FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
More to the story:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/10/12/tainted.spinach.ap/index.html
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Investigators still can't be sure that the E. coli found in cow manure contaminated the fields, but said the find warrants further investigation.
"We do not have a smoking cow at this point," said Dr. Kevin Reilly, deputy director of the Prevention Services Division of the California Department of Health Services. Nevertheless, Reilly called the match an important finding.
There are still many unanswered questions and the probe is continuing, said Dr. Robert Brackett, director of the FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
More to the story:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/10/12/tainted.spinach.ap/index.html
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:lol:
I wish I were a good freehand artist, for I have a very funny image in my head after reading this.