Marisa
07-31-2006, 12:47 PM
Hi everyone. I just got this in an email...
NBC Dateline did a documentary on cut-up lettuce and spinach packaged in
> plastic bags. They took us through the whole process and talked about
>how the E-coli bacteria is now showing up in the salad mix in bags. They
>don't know yet how the E-coli got in, but they do know that deaths and
>serious sicknesses are occurring in many states. One woman told about how her child was near death from the lettuce and was sick for a long time.
>They warned us not to buy any bag salads until they find out from the
>investigation what is causing this contamination.
>
>The Dole Company has recalled their bags. See the link below.
>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12536902/
>
>Pass this one on...
> http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/salad.asp
Has anyone heard of this website snopes.com? If not, you should check it out. We all get those alarmist emails from our well-intentioned friends and family and this site investigates the issues and really provides (I think) a well researched response. I got this story this morning and it turns out the incident was actually in October 05 and the story ran in April 06 about the October incident, so it's really not that recent. Just thought you all might like to know...
NBC Dateline did a documentary on cut-up lettuce and spinach packaged in
> plastic bags. They took us through the whole process and talked about
>how the E-coli bacteria is now showing up in the salad mix in bags. They
>don't know yet how the E-coli got in, but they do know that deaths and
>serious sicknesses are occurring in many states. One woman told about how her child was near death from the lettuce and was sick for a long time.
>They warned us not to buy any bag salads until they find out from the
>investigation what is causing this contamination.
>
>The Dole Company has recalled their bags. See the link below.
>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12536902/
>
>Pass this one on...
> http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/salad.asp
Has anyone heard of this website snopes.com? If not, you should check it out. We all get those alarmist emails from our well-intentioned friends and family and this site investigates the issues and really provides (I think) a well researched response. I got this story this morning and it turns out the incident was actually in October 05 and the story ran in April 06 about the October incident, so it's really not that recent. Just thought you all might like to know...