First case of contaminated spinach recorded in Canada

25.sept.06
CBC News

Canada has confirmed its first illness related to the outbreak of E. coli involving spinach grown in the U.S.
A 43-year-old woman in Renfrew County, Ont., became ill in early September and had to be hospitalized, the province's Health Ministry said Monday. She has since been released.
Health officials said she had a strain of E. coli that is an exact genetic match to the strain that has killed one American and caused 173 to become sick.
It has yet to be determined exactly where the woman purchased the contaminated spinach, but officials say it was in Canada.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is continuing to warn consumers not to eat fresh spinach imported from the U.S.