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By Ben Adler with John Sepulvado

San Juan Bautista, CA – The San Juan Batista company implicated in the recent national E. coli outbreak in spinach says its well-known organic brand Earthbound Farm has NOT been linked to the outbreak so far - and that conventional spinach, primarily sold under the Dole brand label, is linked instead. KAZU's Ben Adler has the latest.

By Ben Adler

San Juan Bautista, CA – The Food and Drug Administration has traced the recent outbreak of E. coli bacteria in spinach to the Salinas Valley.

San Juan Bautista-based Natural Selection Foods LLC says it's initiated a voluntary recall of all its spinach and spinach-containing products. It's best known for the organic brand Earthbound Farm, but it also has a hand in producing 30 others, including Dole and Trader Joe's.

By John Sepulvado, Ben Adler and Sarah Weiner Boone

Sept 15th to current – The Green Wall of Silence- The Salinas Valley Agricultural Industry stands silent in the face of a nationwide e coli outbreak that's killed one and sickened over a hundred.

By Ben Adler

Salinas, CA – KAZU's Ben Adler speaks with Salinas Californian senior reporter Zach Stahl about two local labor disputes and the possibility of an open-air market in East Salinas.

By John Sepulvado

Monterey, CA – Word came late last night the FDA is warning consumers to stay away from fresh bagged spinach because of a deadly e coli outbreak. Bob Perkins of the Monterey Farm Bureau says consumers should not jump to conclusions and assume the outbreak is linked to the Salinas Valley. KAZU's John Sepulvado reports.