Is E.coli in Spinach dangerous?

Question

What is e.coli? and how did it get into the spinach and not in other vegetables?

Answer 1

it's only dangerous if it kills you.

Answer 2

The E means its "enteritic" that is, it comes from someones bum, and of course the "coli" refers to the colon. Thus it actually lives quite happily in the human system. It does no harm unless it gets in the wrong places.

The most likely causes of e.coli infection in vegetables is the practice of using waste water from septic tanks as a combined supply of water and nutrients.

With fresh vegetables, it is easy to remove by washing.

I had an operation in a third world country and later found that I had an e.coli infection as a result, plus staphylococcus. Neither killed me or affected me greatly, but then it depends on two factors :

a. the strain and how it has mutated to resist penicillin

b. the immune system condition of the recipient.

Staph for example is not in its simple form particularly bad, but there is now a strain called MRSA which is incurable and is found in hospitals.

Answer 3

E.coli is human feces that somehow got onto the spinach. I haven't heard how it got there, just that it's there. Each section of the plant only deals w/ that particular vegetable. Ya don't mix veggies in the fields either...

Answer 4

E Coli is found in feces from other animals as well as humans. It can be transmitted when a fly lands on feces in the field and then on your food. It is also transmitted when migrant workers use the bathroom in the fields. Also when processing plants don't use proper techniques for cleaning the food. Always wash fresh veggies and fruit in hot soapy water to remove this and other potentially harmful bacteria. Ecoli occurring naturally in the intestines is ok but not in your stomach.

Answer 5

recently a few people have died from it and everyone has been advised to avoid fresh or frozen spinach (canned is ok) for the time being due to an E. Coli outbreak

Answer 6

Ofcourse you could eat spinach,you merely ought to practice dinner it or upload another seosoning.i'm no longer likely to quit eating spinach,how do you quit popeye from eating spinach. No way Jose

Answer 7

To avoid any kind of infection wash your vegetables very well and find something that can be used to wash your produce with and it should be ok. Just be cautious when eating vegetables and make sure they're fresh not looking brown and wilted.

Answer 8

it stands for Escherichia coli. it's a bacteria that lives in certain parts of our body in numbers that doesn't necessarily cause any illness. As long as the body can tolerate and their numbers are not maintained, it won't do any harm to us. Wash your vegetables very well before eating them.. you may want to cook them too

Answer 9

e. coli is always dangerous. the spinach was not properly cleaned before it was bagged.

Answer 10

yes, it is dangerous and it can also get into other foods, not just spinach.

Answer 11

read this
http://familydoctor.org/242.xml

E Coli can kill the young, the elderly ,immunocompromised people