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Government Report "FDA and Fresh Spinach Safety"

In 2006, an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak was linked to packaged fresh spinach. 205 people were had laboratory-confirmed cases of the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7.1 According to the FDA, this was the 20th major outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 in fresh lettuce or spinach since 1995.2

This month, the United States House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform issued a report on their investigation into the Food and Drug Administration’s efforts to protect the safety of packaged fresh spinach entitled, “FDA and Fresh Spinach Safety.” As part of the investigation, the committee requested and received inspection records for all FDA inspections of firms producing packaged fresh spinach from 2001 to 2007. The committee’s investigation of the FDA inspection records revealed that during this time period the FDA did not providing adequate oversight of packaged spinach plants and did not take enforcement actions when FDA inspectors observed and reported “objectionable conditions” at the plants. Instead the FDA requested voluntary compliance after recording violations, and there were numerous violations.

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