E. coli spinach outbreak
A while ago I wrote about the vulnerability of food supplies to possible bioterrorist attacks. While there’s absolutely no evidence that the recent North American spinach-related E. coli outbreak has anything to do with terrorism, it is a prime example of how vulnerable centralized, industrialized food supplies are to contamination, whether accidental or deliberate. It’s also a good example of the capacity of E. coli, the bug we thought was so friendly (I get a lot of hits when I blog about “friendly bacteria”!) can turn around and bite us.
Wash that spinach, and wash your hands!
