I have frozen spinach

[monkeyboy]

should I toss it?

 

[pirateofthecarolinas]

live on the edge......

 

[Virgo10]

live on the edge......

 

[FreshTressa]

I brought a salad made out of the bagged spinach to a pot luck like a few days before the outbreak.

Wouldn't that have made me popular if it had been the contaminated kind? I washed it first though, so we will never know.

And as for your frozen spinach, it is fine as it has been blanched.

 

[huckster]

no you do not need to toss it , it was only fresh in a bag i manage a large store, earth bound was the brand fields flooded with backed up sewage , but we have pulled all brands until further notice

 

[monkeyboy]

no you do not need to toss it , it was only fresh in a bag

what a relief ...
thanks

 

[Wonderlandmom]

I brought a salad made out of the bagged spinach to a pot luck like a few days before the outbreak.

Wouldn't that have made me popular if it had been the contaminated kind? I washed it first though, so we will never know.

And as for your frozen spinach, it is fine as it has been blanched.

Actually, washing it will do NOTHING to remove this particular bacteria! And it can take up to 9 days for symptoms to appear...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,213891,00.html

Your frozen spinach should be good!

 

[Nancy]

The store I worked for pulled ALL our spinach products to be on the safe side. But frozen spinach was more than likely processed and packaged way before the e-coli problems. I wouldn't worry about it. On a side note, we have had 6 people in Erie County (NY State) get sick with e-coli. This was reported in the Buffalo News this morning.

 

[EEYOREMAMA]

The reason it was contaminated is because it's "organic." They don't use pesicides. Most of the counties that produce "organically grown" produce, use nonanimal fertilizer (if you get my drift). This is where most of the danger comes from.

The news reports don't linger on this aspect of the problem. The waste that the food is grown in is contaminated. Bring back pesticides. All we had to do was wash that food.

 

[Cantw8]

may I have it? My mother-in-law is coming for dinner tomorrow

 

[MsDisney23]

may I have it? My mother-in-law is coming for dinner tomorrow

 

[grinningghost]

That MIL quip has me rolling.

 

[annegal]

earth bound was the brand fields flooded with backed up sewage , but we have pulled all brands until further notice

According to the papers, there are dozens of brands this company bagged spinach for.

 

[kayeandjim00]

The reason it was contaminated is because it's "organic." They don't use pesicides. Most of the counties that produce "organically grown" produce, use nonanimal fertilizer (if you get my drift). This is where most of the danger comes from.

The news reports don't linger on this aspect of the problem. The waste that the food is grown in is contaminated. Bring back pesticides. All we had to do was wash that food.

I disagree with this. Pesticides are not necessary when organically grown correctly.

 

[KevinM]

Spinach is gross. Toss it!

 

[EEYOREMAMA]

I disagree with this. Pesticides are not necessary when organically grown correctly.

The point being when "grown correctly." A large percentage of produce we import does not meet national criteria for "grown correctly." You can of course disagree, but you would not be correct. We are importing food fertilized with human waste and animals that eat meat. Our fertilizer comes from animals that do not eat meat. Fact.

 

[CourtasanSatine]

The MIL gag was LOL!

 

[magicmouse2]

Loved the MIL quip too

 

[I Love Pluto]

I'm a MIL. Not so funny.

 

[kayeandjim00]

The point being when "grown correctly." A large percentage of produce we import does not meet national criteria for "grown correctly." You can of course disagree, but you would not be correct. We are importing food fertilized with human waste and animals that eat meat. Our fertilizer comes from animals that do not eat meat. Fact.

Do you have something to back this up? I just ran a basic google search and came up with only information on NON organic food being grown with human waste. If I'm incorrect I can accept that I just am curious where you've seen this as I've never heard/read this anywhere.