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According to Crista Martin, the assistant director for marketing for Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS), Harvard’s residential dining halls will be completely spinach-free for now, a result of the recent E. coli outbreak nationwide. As of Sunday, 109 people had fallen ill, and one woman died as a result of the E. coli bacterium that federal officials have traced back to tainted fresh spinach...
...Until we get word from the [Food and Drug Administration] and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health that it’s safe to resume eating spinach, it’s best to clear it all off,” Martin said...
...Martin said that HUDS chefs would do everything they could to provide variety to the salad bar and find substitute products but that safety was the number one concern...
...will work with our produce purveyors to see what’s available, and we will do the best we can to keep providing variety, but wellness and safety are more important at this point,” Martin said...
Among the products that Martin said will now be off the HUDS menu are baby spinach, mesclun greens, and creamed or cooked spinach...