Growers and sellers protest broad E.coli warning
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Local strawberry growers and sellers are seeing red over what they consider an overreaction to an E.coli outbreak traced to fresh strawberries picked at a farm in Newburg, Ore., last month.
A press release put out this week by the Clark County Health Department advised consumers "with strawberries purchased from farmers’ markets or roadside stands in Southwest Washington or Oregon before Aug. 1 should throw them out. This includes strawberries that have been frozen or made into jam without properly cooking them." The Daily News
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