Is it healthy to eat Bagged Spinach?

Answer 1

Ar Yes spinach is one of the highest nutritious vegetables.

Oops oh dear just looked that up. I live in Australia its all good here for spinach but cooking produce does kill the bacterium and make sure with any fresh stuff you wash well in warm water preferably cook it if worried and If something looks suspect chuck it out. It may of cost you a few bucks but the consequences could be much more

Answer 2

May not be. I read in the paper this AM about bagged spinach having E. Coli infections. Cook that spinach!

Answer 3

Bagged or fresh Spinach is good for you.

But only yesterday I show a warning about bagged Spinach, lot of people got sick.

This can happen to any food product. Mistake can happen in packaging or in handling any food product.

Best thing is to wash every thing good in running water(rinse 3 times).

Answer 4

Bagged spinach is nothing more than fresh spinach. Usually sold in large stores and is most of the time prewashed. Eat a ton - raw or cooked. It's good for you.

Answer 5

I heard on the news today not to eat bagged spinach. It was been taken off of shelves in most stores. It has given alot of people e-coli infections and has killed one person.

Answer 6

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Consumers nationwide should not eat fresh bagged spinach, say health officials probing a multistate outbreak of E. coli that killed at least one person and made dozens of others sick.

Food and Drug Administration and state officials don't know the cause of the outbreak, although raw, packaged spinach appears likely. "We're advising people not to eat it," said Dr. David Acheson of the FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.

Eight states were reporting a total of 50 cases of E. coli, Acheson said Thursday.

The death occurred in Wisconsin, where 20 people were reported ill, 11 of them in Milwaukee. The outbreak has sickened others -- eight of them seriously -- in Connecticut, Idaho, Indiana, Michigan, New Mexico, Oregon and Utah. In California, state health officials said they were investigating a possible case there.

The outbreak has affected a mix of ages, but most of the cases have involved women, Acheson said. Further information on the person who died wasn't available.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Wisconsin health officials alerted the FDA about the outbreak at midweek. Preliminary analysis suggested the same bug is responsible for the outbreak in all eight states.

The warning applied to consumers nationwide because of uncertainty over the origin of the tainted spinach and how widely it was distributed. Health officials did not know of any link to a specific growing region, grower, brand or supplier, Acheson said.

Amy Philpott, a spokeswoman for the United Fresh Produce Association, said that it's possible the cause of the outbreak won't be known for some time, even after its source is determined.

"Our industry is very concerned," she said. "We're taking this very seriously."

Reports of infections have been growing by the day, Acheson said. "We may be at the peak, we may not be," he said."


http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/09/15/tainted.spinach.ap/index.html

Answer 7

typically, it is very healthy. spinach is filled with antioxidants. right now though, there are tons of supermarkets pulling it off the shelves due to e. coli. if you want spinach for now, try the frozen or canned kind, still healthy, just not as much as fresh.

Answer 8

They have found that some bags of spinach have the E-coli virus in them. One person has already died and several others have gotten very sick.

Answer 9

no,they have recalled bagged spinach because of e.coli.Eat frozen or canned spinach for now until the recall is over.I wonder if we should also stay away from bagged salad.

Answer 10

I assume you are referring to the recent EColi death from bagged spinach in Wisconsin.

The recommendation is to wash even bagged food thoroughly and to avoid cross contamination by keeping raw meats away from your other foods.