2006-11-15 06:27:37 · 10 answers · asked by reef76 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
I say as I have sold and bought produce, that Kale is grown mostly in Texas, Mexico and Florida, the spinach that was affected was in California.
Plus Kale is a different structure that spinach and take longer to grow, the scare was traced to a cattle farm near the areas affected and the ground water had been contaminated and with the warm weather the bacteria grew at a faster rate, the fields were close enough and share the same wells, so the matter in the wells had affect the area around the farms.
Information gained from the State Agricultural website.
2006-11-15 07:15:35 · answer #1 · answered by The Unknown Chef 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The whole spinach contamination thing is over. Bagged fresh spinach once again readily be found in stores.
2006-11-15 06:29:20 · answer #2 · answered by toff 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was a whole fuss over nothing! Spinach is perfectly safe to eat. ANY vegetable, fruit, meat, dairy or egg product has potential to be contaminated with microbes. All you can do is buy from reputed sources and follow food preparation practices properly. There is nothing inherently unsafe about any plant food; only how it was handled.
2006-11-15 12:51:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The spinach thing is over so you can go back to eating fresh spinach.
2006-11-15 08:24:35 · answer #4 · answered by COACH 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely, even when the spinach scare was on it didn't effect kale.
2006-11-15 06:30:18 · answer #5 · answered by STAN 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. And spinach is back on the shelves where I live too. I think we've got the go ahead on all leafy greens right now.
2006-11-15 08:28:44 · answer #6 · answered by lunachick 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The spinach thing was over a while ago...you can eat what you want.
2006-11-15 06:28:27 · answer #7 · answered by graduatecj08 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes besides the spinach thing is over i have been bying it for a couple of wks now.
2006-11-15 09:18:31 · answer #8 · answered by CHAEI 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kale and Spinach have still not been cleared for e-coli
2006-11-15 06:31:21 · answer #9 · answered by frankmilano610 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I'd say yes. If you buy frozen, definitely, if you buy fresh, wash very well in hot water first!
2006-11-15 06:30:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋