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 WASHINGTON (AP) - Like fine wine and cheese, spinach could be labeled with a place of origin to reassure shoppers jittery about an E. coli outbreak linked to leafy greens grown in California.
Federal health officials said Thursday that more explicit labeling was just one proposal under consideration for allowing fresh spinach back on the market. Others include stepped-up regulation of how spinach is grown and processed.
"Clearly, we do not want to deny consumers access to spinach," said Dr. David Acheson of the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. "Wherever it's grown, our responsibility is to make sure whatever does end up on the shelf is safe."
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