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Globalization Affects Food Source

In recent news, an E. coli (E. coli O157:H7) outbreak that has caused one death and 94 illnesses across 19 states has been traced to a bag of spinach. Supermarkets across the nation have pulled all spinach off the shelves. Natural Selection Foods is a California based company that sells Spinach under many different brand names such as Dole, Green Harvest, and Natural Selection Foods. The FDA (Food & Drug Administration) has warned citizens nationwide to not eat spinach.

This outbreak of E. coli has a lot to do with globalization. Globalization creates transportation systems capable of moving goods quickly by air, sea, and land. Therefore, the affected spinach products were being sold in stores nationwide instead of a localized area. Additionally, globalization established the communication network that links the world together. It is because of this global communications network that agencies such as the FDA are able to quickly alert citizens to the potential health risk discovered in our food supply.

FDA: E. coli linked to Natural Selection Foods

FDA looks for other possible E. coli sources

posted by Anonymous @ 9/16/2006 12:42:00 PM