Chicago Tribune: Ready Pac Foods, Inc. on Wednesday announced a voluntary recall of 702 cases of bagged baby spinach that were sold in California, Washington and Arizona after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration confirmed a positive result of E. coli bacteria in a random sample of the spinach, according to a July 7 FDA press release.

Any mention of a spinach recall brings consumers back to "September 2006, when bagged baby spinach tainted by E. coli bacteria sickened some 200 people and left three dead in 26 states," according to a 2009 Chicago Tribune story.

"Spinach with the Ready Pac label was among dozens of brands pulled from store shelves in 2006 after federal authorities traced a nationwide E. coli outbreak to a San Juan Bautista processing plant that bags its spinach," according to a July 8 Associated Press story.

The Ready Pac Baby Spinach, Spinach Temptations 6 oz. bagged salads included in the recall have use-by dates of July 4 with the product code 11707B, IR127121 and July 8 with the product code 12007B, IR130373.The FDA said some recalled bags might still be on store shelves, so this recall extends to retailers, as well as consumers.

The FDA is advising consumers to immediately dispose of the recalled product and contact Ready Pac Consumer Affairs to obtain a full refund. Contact information is below.

The FDA is asking retailers who receive the recalled product to confirm with their distribution centers and individual stores that no recalled products remain in their inventories or at their store locations.

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