Don't Eat The Spinach!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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BTW the doctor on The Today Show also said that if the e. coli. comes from, say, rain runoff from an area with feces, it gets absorbed into the plant via its root system, so even washing the greens doesn't help.
BTW the doctor on The Today Show also said that if the e. coli. comes from, say, rain runoff from an area with feces, it gets absorbed into the plant via its root system, so even washing the greens doesn't help.
That's surprising, considering the source of most fertilizer. How do they get around contaminating ALL crops when they use fertilizer?
CNN Breaking News: New York becomes the 11th state with confirmed cases of illness resulting from E. coli bacteria in bagged spinach.
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http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/09/15/tainted.spinach.ap/index.html
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http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/09/15/tainted.spinach.ap/index.html
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Dunno. Not my area of expertise. I'm just repeating what I heard on The Today Show from their medical reporter.
I *do* know that whenever I'm in a hurry and buy a bag salad, I open it up in the checkout line. If it smells sour, I refuse to pay for it. I can't tell you how many times in the past I have gotten dinner ready, thrown a bag salad into a bowl to mix it with dressing, and smelled that awful smell. Then we either have to drive to the store when the rest of the dinner is ready or skip the salad. As a result, now I very rarely buy bag salads. The exception is the Dole salads that are in a box instead of a bag. They very rarely have that funky smell. My theory is that the greens don't get bruised in a box like they do in a bag, so they last longer. Plus there are ventilation holes in the boxes but not in the bags. This theory of mine was reinforced tonight when I heard a CDC official on the news say that one problem with bag salads is that the bag is totally sealed, so if there is the tiniest bit of bacteria, the sealed bag is a perfect environment for their rapid growth.
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Why am I craving spinach now????
So guys, where do you think the field workers go to the bathroom when they're out there ALL day long?
A good friend of mine whose family owned a huge fruit farm in south Florida explained to me that the laborers do exactly that.
And as far as bagged salads, I've always still washed them. You know those factories do not do what they claim. I wash every single piece of vegitable and meat. The meat slaughterhouses are some of the filthiest places on earth.
A good friend of mine whose family owned a huge fruit farm in south Florida explained to me that the laborers do exactly that.
And as far as bagged salads, I've always still washed them. You know those factories do not do what they claim. I wash every single piece of vegitable and meat. The meat slaughterhouses are some of the filthiest places on earth.
FYI- rinsing the spinach will not kill Ecoli.
Funny - I was thinking the exact same thing - a crunchy spinach salad with hot bacon dressing! Funny how human nature is to want what we can't have!;-)
I threw away a brand new bag of spinach this morning; my bunny loves the stuff. Not sure if e-coli can affect rabbits but I'm not taking any chances!
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Funny - I was thinking the exact same thing - a crunchy spinach salad with hot bacon dressing! Funny how human nature is to want what we can't have!;-)
I threw away a brand new bag of spinach this morning; my bunny loves the stuff. Not sure if e-coli can affect rabbits but I'm not taking any chances!
I tried to order a spinach salad with hot bacon dressing tonight. Couldn't get it. And no other salad sounded good. It is weird, you'd think the current problem would make spinach salad sound gross, but no...