State spared so far from spinach-related illnesses, deaths

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No Marylanders have died from an outbreak of spinach-borne E. coli, but state health officials are monitoring the situation, and bags of prepackaged spinach have been yanked from store shelves across the state.

“To date no Maryland cases have been identified as part of this outbreak,” said Kareb Black, spokeswoman for the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in Maryland.

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