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I mean, there was just a huge recently an outbreak of salmonella from onions. Every food has some risk of being contaminated or spoiled. I assume you wash your

I mean, there was just a huge recently an outbreak of salmonella from onions. Every food has some risk of being contaminated or spoiled. I assume you wash your broccoli and peppers, right?

uhtred 5y ago
Rinsing vegetables is not the same as keeping them away from everything else in the kitchen and then vigorously sanitizing everything they touched.
- thehappypm 5y ago
  It's on the same spectrum, though.
  - netizen-936824 5y ago
    Just like taking a bath is on the same spectrum as scrubbing your skin with bleach
LegitShady 5y ago
I wonder how salmonella from onions works - it's pretty standard to always peel the onions so is the salmonella on the surface and your knife carries it through the onion or is the salmonella in the onion already?
- robocat 5y ago
  “whole, fresh onions imported from the State of Chihuahua”, “Do not use, ship, or sell recalled onions. Suppliers and distributors that re-package raw onions should use extra vigilance in cleaning any surfaces and storage areas that may have come into contact with these products. If there has been potential cross contamination or mixing of onions from other sources with these products, suppliers and distributors should discard all comingled and potentially cross-contaminated product.” — https://www.fda.gov/food/outbreaks-foodborne-illness/outbreak-investigation-salmonella-oranienburg-whole-fresh-onions-october-2021 https://www.fda.gov/food/outbreaks-foodborne-illness/outbrea... “It's not clear exactly how many people have been infected—the 808 number is a bare minimum. "The true number of sick people in an outbreak is likely much higher than the number reported," the CDC said, since many people may have chosen to ride out the sickness at home rather than seek medical care. The CDC estimates that only about one in every 30 salmonella cases actually get reported.” — https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2021/10/29/salmonella-outbreak-from-onions-sickens-over-800-cdc-says/?sh=5d810a7a67ae https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2021/10/29/salm...
animal_spirits 5y ago
Yes definitely, I wash all my foods before eating. But I don't associate any kind of serious risk to most of the foods that I eat.

I mean, there was just a huge recently an outbreak of salmonella from onions. Every food has some risk of being contaminated or spoiled. I assume you wash your broccoli and peppers, right?

uhtred 5y ago

Rinsing vegetables is not the same as keeping them away from everything else in the kitchen and then vigorously sanitizing everything they touched.

thehappypm 5y ago
It's on the same spectrum, though.
- netizen-936824 5y ago
  Just like taking a bath is on the same spectrum as scrubbing your skin with bleach

LegitShady 5y ago

I wonder how salmonella from onions works - it's pretty standard to always peel the onions so is the salmonella on the surface and your knife carries it through the onion or is the salmonella in the onion already?

robocat 5y ago
“whole, fresh onions imported from the State of Chihuahua”, “Do not use, ship, or sell recalled onions. Suppliers and distributors that re-package raw onions should use extra vigilance in cleaning any surfaces and storage areas that may have come into contact with these products. If there has been potential cross contamination or mixing of onions from other sources with these products, suppliers and distributors should discard all comingled and potentially cross-contaminated product.” — https://www.fda.gov/food/outbreaks-foodborne-illness/outbreak-investigation-salmonella-oranienburg-whole-fresh-onions-october-2021 https://www.fda.gov/food/outbreaks-foodborne-illness/outbrea... “It's not clear exactly how many people have been infected—the 808 number is a bare minimum. "The true number of sick people in an outbreak is likely much higher than the number reported," the CDC said, since many people may have chosen to ride out the sickness at home rather than seek medical care. The CDC estimates that only about one in every 30 salmonella cases actually get reported.” — https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2021/10/29/salmonella-outbreak-from-onions-sickens-over-800-cdc-says/?sh=5d810a7a67ae https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2021/10/29/salm...

animal_spirits 5y ago

Yes definitely, I wash all my foods before eating. But I don't associate any kind of serious risk to most of the foods that I eat.