Stop & Shop Puts Spinach Back on Shelves After New Federal Announcement
(Quincy, MA - September 26, 2006) - Following new guidelines from the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Stop & Shop Supermarkets
will offer customers a selection of bagged Savoy spinach and bagged salads as early as
Wednesday, September 27. The grocery chain removed these items in a voluntary recall on
September 15 after the FDA warned of an E.coli outbreak.
Customers will be notified of the change through store signage and through the company's
website: www.stopandshop.com.
"Food safety is of the utmost importance to us, and we worked closely with the federal
authorities to ensure that these products would not be made available until they were
confirmed as safe," said Andrea Astrachan, Consumer Advisor for Stop & Shop. "We're
glad that we can offer bagged spinach to customers once again."
Astrachan said all bagged spinach now being made available for sale is grown in Colorado
and Canada, areas which were not connected to the recent outbreak.
About Stop & Shop
The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company, based in Quincy, Massachusetts, employs more
than 58,000 associates and operates 385 stores throughout Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
Connecticut, New Hampshire, New York and New Jersey. For more on Stop & Shop, visit
www.stopandshop.com.
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