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Table 19.3. Percentage identifying symptoms as resulting from E. coli infection
Symptom Percentage
Nausea 88%
Vomiting 87%
Cramping 87%
Fever 77%
Bloody diarrhea 64%
Rash 22%
Note : Shaded boxes indicate common symptoms identifi ed by the CDC.
1200 Americans
Interviewed
48%
48%
575 ate spinach
more than a few
times before
the recall
625 did not eat
spinach more than
a few times
before the recall
91%
91%
9%
9%
81%
81%
19%
19%
522 were aware
of the recall
53 were not aware
of the recall
507 were aware
of the recall
118 were not aware
of the recall
13%
13%
87%
87%
452 did not eat fresh
spinach during
the recall
70 ate fresh spinach
during the recall
74%
74%
26%
26%
52 knew about the
recall when they
ate fresh spinach
18 did not know about
the recall when they
ate fresh spinach
Figure 19.3. Classifi cation of sample by awareness of recall and eating spinach prior
to and during the recall.
Some Americans Ate Fresh Spinach during Recall
Of particular concern from a public health perspective is that more than one in eight
Americans (13%) who were aware of the recall and who ate spinach prior to it reported
eating fresh spinach during the recall. Nearly three-quarters of these (74%) said that
they knew about the recall of fresh spinach when they consumed it (see Fig. 19.3).
Nearly one-third (30%) of those aware of the recall (and who were spinach con-
sumers before it) reported that they had fresh spinach in their homes when they fi rst
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