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Okay, so how do I lower my risks? Should I stop buying pre-washed? Should I buy local? I like my salads, how do I get it safely on my plate?
by didibus 9y ago
Okay, so how do I lower my risks?
Should I stop buying pre-washed? Should I buy local?
I like my salads, how do I get it safely on my plate?
- Fomite 9y agoDon't treat pre-washed as pre-washed. Wash it again.
- superdaniel 9y agoThis is actually not recommended: And while the C.D.C. recommends washing all produce with water, including heads of lettuce, it does not recommend washing other forms of bagged lettuce, which has already been washed before bagging. “Your chances of contaminating it in your kitchen” — with contaminants that may already be on your kitchen countertop, hands or elsewhere — “are actually higher than if you didn’t wash the salad greens,” notes Dr. Gieraltowski. source: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/19/well/eat/romaine-lettuce-salad-food-poisoning-e-coli.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/19/well/eat/romaine-lettuce-...
- Fomite 9y agoThat's interesting. I get the opposite answer from most of the people I know who work in food-borne infectious diseases.
- SmellyGeekBoy 9y agoHas a salad ever killed you? No? Well then carry on as you are...