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Probably not any dirtier than it was when it was growing in the dirt. That's why you wash fruits and vegetables before eating them. Even packaged foods like ba
by learc83 8y ago
Probably not any dirtier than it was when it was growing in the dirt. That's why you wash fruits and vegetables before eating them.
Even packaged foods like bagged lettuce can be very dirty (contaminated with E. coli) as well.
- marcosdumay 8y agoOne would expect the dirt they grew into wasn't rich in human-specific pathogens.
- learc83 8y agoOne would be wrong. Common food born pathogens are abundant in farm soil, generally from human or animal waste. Lettuce is much more likely to have picked up harmful pathogens at the farm than it is from customers touching it. Other customers touching your produce should rank very, very low on your list of concerns.