Spinach alert

The recent E. coli outbreak that has been connected to packaged spinach is too bad. Spinach is so good for you. But right now, health officials are urging consumers to avoid all fresh spinach until more answers have been found. Spinach products -- packaged and fresh -- have been removed from store shelves and restaurants have stopped serving dishes that include fresh spinach. Here's an article about how Fresno restaurants have responded.

As of Monday, 114 people in 21 states have been sickened by contaminated spinach. One person has died in Wisconsin.

The Food and Drug Administration has linked the outbreak to fresh spinach from Salinas-based Natural Selection Foods LLC, the country's largest grower of organic produce. The company has recalled 34 brands of fresh spinach sold at stores around the country.

Natural Selection Foods brands include: Natural Selection Foods, Pride of San Juan, Earthbound Farm, Bellissima, Dole, Rave Spinach, Emeril, Sysco, O Organic, Fresh Point, River Ranch, Superior, Nature's Basket, Pro-Mark, Compliments, Trader Joe's, Ready Pac, Jansal Valley, Cheney Brothers, Coastline, D'Arrigo Brothers, Green Harvest, Mann, Mills Family Farm, Premium Fresh, Snoboy, The Farmer's Market, Tanimura & Antle, President's Choice, Cross Valley, and Riverside Farms. River Ranch, which obtained bulk spring mix from Natural Selections, also has recalled packages of spring mix containing spinach. Its brands include Farmers Market, Hy Vee, Fresh and Easy.