I won't post the whole article here, since it's kind of long, but I thought I'd share a few updates.

Investigators Find 'Smoking Gun' Linking Spinach to E. Coli Outbreak

The confirmed positive sample is Dole Baby Spinach.

The states that have reported having related ecoli cases are Arizona, Colorado, California, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

Wisconsin has the largest number of reported cases, 40; it has also had the only fatality so far. (GUYS, DON'T EAT ANY SPINACH!!!!!!) The next largest number of cases are in Utah, which has 16, followed by Ohio with 15.

In 18 other outbreaks of E. coli since 1995, the FDA has not been able to trace the outbreak to a specific farm. (That's reassuring.)

Washing the spinach won't help because the bacteria is too tightly attached.

E. coli lives in the intestines of cattle and other animals and is linked to contamination by fecal material. It can be found in undercooked meats and other foods, such as spinach, sprouts, lettuce, unpasteurized milk and juice.

The primary symptom of E. coli contamination in humans is diarrhea, often with bloody stools. There are an estimated 73,000 cases of infection, including 61 deaths, each year in the United States, according to CDC statistics.