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I've heard many times that ordering a freshly squeezed juice from those machines is not so safe, they need to clean them pretty often to prevent E. coli and oth

by usaphp 11y ago

I've heard many times that ordering a freshly squeezed juice from those machines is not so safe, they need to clean them pretty often to prevent E. coli and other dangerous pathogens from spreading, and since the machines that are squeezing this juice are not kept in refrigirator while operating - spreading this pathogens becomes an easy task

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avar 11y ago
You've "heard many times"? It's obviously safe enough that an entire country has one in every supermarket. Do you think that the health & safety service in The Netherlands is so bad that it wouldn't be noticed if these things were causing regular E. coli outbreaks?
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  - acdha 11y ago
    Again, wouldn't we hear about it if this happened often? I regularly hear about contamination on the other side of the country (e.g. Chipotle recently) and it seems rather unlikely that this could be anywhere near as common as you're claiming without making the news.
  - deadbunny 11y ago
    This is probably one of the most condescending things I have ever read. > a lot of people (employees) don't know how to properly use juicers and they don't know that they need a proper cleaning after each user in order to prevent pathogens spreading. If only there was some kind of method of knowledge transfer to these lowly peon workers who are clearly to stupid to know to clean things after use! Ah yes, training.
ricardobeat 11y ago
I don't think we are talking about the same thing. The machine I mentioned sits inside a supermarket and is definitely cleaned every day, it's always pristine. Most contamination comes from fruit surfaces anyway, if they are properly washed there is no danger. Also if you look up incidents of food poisoning from juice, they all happened with the industrialised/pasteurised ones, as a result of the handling/storage/transport. Most humans eat fresh fruit during their entire lives, there is nothing to worry about :)

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avar 11y ago

You've "heard many times"? It's obviously safe enough that an entire country has one in every supermarket. Do you think that the health & safety service in The Netherlands is so bad that it wouldn't be noticed if these things were causing regular E. coli outbreaks?

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- acdha 11y ago
  Again, wouldn't we hear about it if this happened often? I regularly hear about contamination on the other side of the country (e.g. Chipotle recently) and it seems rather unlikely that this could be anywhere near as common as you're claiming without making the news.
- deadbunny 11y ago
  This is probably one of the most condescending things I have ever read. > a lot of people (employees) don't know how to properly use juicers and they don't know that they need a proper cleaning after each user in order to prevent pathogens spreading. If only there was some kind of method of knowledge transfer to these lowly peon workers who are clearly to stupid to know to clean things after use! Ah yes, training.

ricardobeat 11y ago

I don't think we are talking about the same thing. The machine I mentioned sits inside a supermarket and is definitely cleaned every day, it's always pristine. Most contamination comes from fruit surfaces anyway, if they are properly washed there is no danger. Also if you look up incidents of food poisoning from juice, they all happened with the industrialised/pasteurised ones, as a result of the handling/storage/transport. Most humans eat fresh fruit during their entire lives, there is nothing to worry about :)