(E.coli) Warning about some Dole salads

[UpInArms]

http://money.cnn.com/2005/10/03/news/midcaps/dole_salad.reut/

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Food and Drug Administration warned consumers to avoid eating certain pre-packaged salads made by Dole Food Co. because 11 people in the Minneapolis area were sickened by a serious food-borne illness linked to the products.

Two of the victims were hospitalized because of the E. coli 0157:H7 illness they may have contracted from the salads, the FDA said in a statement issued late Sunday night.

"Given the severity of this illness, FDA believes an urgent warning to consumers is needed," the agency said. The FDA is investigating the outbreak with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state officials.

The 11 illnesses are linked to consumption of Dole pre-packaged salads from a single grocery store chain, Rainbow Foods, in its Minnesota locations. However, the salad products with the same production codes were distributed nationwide, the FDA said.

The FDA said the affected products are labeled as follows:

+ Classic Romaine, with a "best-if-used-by" date of Sept. 23, 2005 and a production code beginning with "B250."

+ American Blend, with a "best-if-used-by" date of Sept. 23, 2005 and a production code beginning with "B250."

+ Greener Selection, with a "best-if-used-by" date of Sept. 22, 2005 and a production code beginning with "B250."

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[NVMojo]

1. Thanks but YUCK!!!!

[samdogmom]

2. Thanks for the warning, but these expiration dates have past!

I throw away my salad bags after they expire. Usually they're brown and need to be tossed. I probably "owned" and ate some of these salads, so now what?

Yikes, I'm afraid for my vegetarian daughter who lives on this stuff. What are the symptoms I should watch for? Does anybody know?

[acmejack]

4. According to CDC

Infection often leads to bloody diarrhea, and occasionally to kidney failure. Most illness has been associated with eating undercooked, contaminated ground beef. Person-to-person contact in families and child care centers is also an important mode of transmission. Infection can also occur after drinking raw milk and after swimming in or drinking sewage-contaminated water.

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/escherichiacoli_g.htm

[shraby]

5. E. coli causes diarrhea.

[Lindacooks]

3. Those are a week past the 'use by' date - what took them so long?

I buy those prepackaged salad mixes, and if there's still in the fridge past the 'use by' date they get immediately thrown.

[HockeyMom]

6. you got it

They would be brown and mush by now. lol

[CoffeeCat]

7. I don't get this...

Since when is Bob Dole in the salad business?

;)

[HeeBGBz]

8. I had some of that for supper last night

The Greener Selection. Don't know if I still have the package.