"Tends to kill". So you're saying you always cook all meats at or above recommended internal temperatures? Most people don't enjoy meat overcooked / well done -

"Tends to kill". So you're saying you always cook all meats at or above recommended internal temperatures? Most people don't enjoy meat overcooked / well done - and that is the conflicting reference point here. Do you eat your steak even medium-well? Then it's not guaranteed to be free from food borne illness and not cooked according to safe food handling instructions by said CDC. Apples are far less likely to ever carry pathogens because they're harvested from a tree, off the ground and tree farms are not fertilized with feces. And even if they are in proximity you're failing to understand that if a tree has a contaminated water source the entire tree acts as a filter prior to the fruit - a lettuce does not. Again, misinformation and misunderstanding of the root cause showcase highly in your comment which was my criticism of the original disclosure by the CDC.