Metz Fresh Spinach Salmonella Risk
Spinach from the Salinas Valley in California is in the news again. This time due to possible contamination with Salmonella (last year at this time there was an E. coli outbreak linked to fresh spinach).
Metz Fresh, LLC has recalled bagged spinach as a result of a positive test for Salmonella found during routine company testing. The spinach is distributed under the label "Metz Fresh" in both retail and food service packages. These include 10 and 16 oz bags as well as 4-2.5 lb. and 4 lb. cartons. The only Metz Fresh product affected is spinach that bears the tracking codes 12208114, 12208214 and 12208314. It was distributed in the continental United States and Canada.
There have been no reports of illness or problems related to this spinach.
The positive test came during independent lab testing Metz Fresh conducts on all of its products. Through its labeling and numbering system, Metz Fresh has tracked, located and put 'holds' on the vast majority of the cartons of spinach affected. That spinach will not be released into the marketplace.
