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TEXT 63 Sickening spinach 讨厌的菠菜（陈继龙 编译） Sep 21st 2006 | PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA From The Economist print edition A SMALL card sits above an empty shelf in the Whole Foods store in Petaluma, California. “Consumers are advised NOT to eat fresh bagged spinach at this time. （1）As a precaution, Whole Foods Market has temporarily removed ALL fresh spinach and fresh salad mixes containing spinach from its stores.” 加利福尼亚佩塔卢马的“全有食品”商店一座空货架上方悬挂着一张小卡片，上面写着：“特此通知各位消费者，暂时请勿食用袋装新鲜菠菜。为了预防起见，‘全有食品店’已临时撤走所有新鲜菠菜及含有来自该食品店的菠菜的新鲜沙拉混合料。” On September 14th the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta issued the first of several daily alerts concerning an outbreak of E. coli 0157:H7, a potentially lethal pathogen typically associated with adulterated[1] beef. Investigators had traced it to consumption of fresh r_______① spinach sold in bags. （2）A few days later, an investigation conducted by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had narrowed down the culprits to a California-based grower, Natural Selection Foods, and at least one of its distributors. So far, a 77-year-old woman in Wisconsin has died from eating spinach traced back to Natural Selection, and 146 people in 23 states are ill, some very seriously. Half of the victims have been hospitalised, a high rate that may indicate an especially virulent strain of E. coli. 9月14日，亚特兰大疾病控制与预防中心发布了第一份有关O157:H7大肠杆菌暴发传染的每日警报，此后又发布了数次。O157:H7大肠杆菌是一种可能导致死亡的病原菌，一般与掺假牛肉有关。调查人员已经在消费者购买的袋售新鲜生菠菜中发现了这种病菌。几天后，美国食品与药品管理局（FDA）缩小了调查范围，专门对位于加利福尼亚的菠菜种植商“天然选择食品”公司及其至少一家经销商展开了调查。迄今为止，威斯康星州一名77岁的妇女由于食用了“天然选择”菠菜而死亡，并且已有23个州共146人发病，其中有些人病情非常严重。半数受害者都已住院，如此高的住院率表明这可能是一种毒性特别强的大肠杆菌菌株。 Investigators continue to search for the cause of the outbreak. （3）They have scoured the companys processing plant as well as the farms that grow the spinach, looking at everything from irrigation water to the proximity[2] of livestock, with no sure connections made so far. The fact that Natural Selection is in Californias Salinas Valley has raised alarms, however. According