{"id":90434,"date":"2013-07-31T13:27:04","date_gmt":"2013-07-31T18:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=90434"},"modified":"2013-08-01T10:24:51","modified_gmt":"2013-08-01T15:24:51","slug":"bagged-salad-sickens-hundreds-in-midwest-and-east-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/bagged-salad-sickens-hundreds-in-midwest-and-east-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"Bagged Salad Sickens Hundreds in Midwest and East Coast; Still No Recall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Salad mix blamed for cyclospora outbreak\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dCVlVXUACrA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height: 13px;\">After eating prepackaged salad, <strong>221 people in Nebraska and Iowa have contracted the stomach parasite cyclospora<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Hundreds more have contracted the diarrhea bug in 13 other states<\/strong>, though the cause is unknown.<\/li>\n<li>Iowa&#8217;s Food and Consumer Safety Bureau claims the parasitic salad has been removed from shelves, <strong>but as of this morning no recall had been announced on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fda.gov\/Safety\/Recalls\/default.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">FDA&#8217;s website<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cyclosporiasis also causes fatigue, weight loss, stomach cramps, vomiting, aches and fevers<\/strong>, and without antibiotics, symptoms can linger for months.<\/li>\n<li>According to the CDC, <strong>leafy greens are the number one cause of food poisoning<\/strong> because they&#8217;re exposed to the elements and eaten raw.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Get More Information: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/blogs\/health\/2013\/07\/30\/stomach-bug-outbreak-linked-to-salad-mix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">ABC News<!--more--><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"bagged salad\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/bagged-salad-sickens-hundreds-in-midwest-and-east-coast\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-90435\" alt=\"Bagged Salad\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Bagged-Salad.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Bagged-Salad.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Bagged-Salad-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>There is no product recall + states haven&#8217;t released the name. RT <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eliwilson11\">@eliwilson11<\/a> Tell us what brand. Telling us its off shelves is careless.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Richard Besser (@DrRichardBesser) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrRichardBesser\/statuses\/362577516545851392\">July 31, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>Tips for buying pre-washed lettuce: Choose coldest package, check expiration date, and discard discolored leaves <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/z93yJ6ow8Y\">http:\/\/t.co\/z93yJ6ow8Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Good Morning America (@GMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GMA\/statuses\/362530617759498240\">July 31, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>Our sinks are pretty dirty. Eat prewashed, ready-to-eat as is. MT <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RebeccaPerry28\">@RebeccaPerry28<\/a> Should we rewash the lettuce? You say no??<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Richard Besser (@DrRichardBesser) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrRichardBesser\/statuses\/362578094286053377\">July 31, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Also Read:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"four rules of food safety\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/10\/the-four-rules-of-food-safety\/\">The Four Rules of Food Safety<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"types of greens\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/slideshows\/your-ultimate-guide-to-greens\/\">The Ultimate Guide to Greens: How to Eat Them and Why<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"meat glue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/05\/meat-glue-turns-scraps-into-prime-cuts-of-meat\/\">Meat Glue Turns Scraps into Prime Cuts of Meat<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After eating prepackaged salad, 221 people in Nebraska and Iowa have contracted the stomach parasite cyclospora.\u00a0 Hundreds more have contracted the diarrhea bug in 13 other states, though the cause is unknown. Iowa&#8217;s Food and Consumer Safety Bureau claims the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/bagged-salad-sickens-hundreds-in-midwest-and-east-coast\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3874],"tags":[10710,10509,3565,10711],"class_list":["post-90434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-digestive","tag-cyclospora","tag-dr-richard-besser","tag-food-poisoning","tag-food-recall"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90434"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90437,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90434\/revisions\/90437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}