Um, eek!

[rowangolightly]

Do you eat salad out of a bag?


This was sent to be via Judy; I checked this out on Snopes and it is true.

NBC Dateline did a documentary on cut-up lettuce and spinach packaged in plastic
bags. They showed whole process and talked about how the Ecoli bacteria is now showing
up in the salad mix in bags. They don't know yet how the Ecoli got in, but
they do know that deaths and serious sicknesses are occurring in many
states.

One woman told about how her child was near death from the lettuce and
was sick for a long time. They warned us not to buy any bag salads until
they find out from the investigation what is causing this contamination.

The Dole Company has recalled their bags. See the link below.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12536902/
<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12536902/>

Comments

[cplady.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting that. Now I'm wondering if those two bouts of nausea and trots I had recently were from the bagged greens. I generally mix the spring mix greens with lettuce I cut up myself.

Needless to say, I'm dumping the one I currently have and will chop my own.

[eacole72.livejournal.com]

This would be why I haven't bought anything from Dole's fresh foods line in a while. :) We buy another brand, Earth____ Organics, which have been cheaper than Dole's products, and the quality has been better (no wilted slime in the bottom of the package the day I buy it, for example).

[kcalohagirl.livejournal.com]

One of the reasons E.coli is becoming more prevalent in places you wouldn't normally expect is because of the movement towards use of 'organic' fertilizers. Now, as a gardener, you know that 'organic' fertilizer consists of cow dung. Old cow manure that has been sitting around for quite awhile to be sure, but still. . . . .E.Coli is an intestinal bacteria that can make it's way onto greens that haven't been washed properly in this fashion.

So. . . .wash wash wash wash wash! Produce from developing countries, such as Mexico can also be risky. Strawberries were a culprit a few years ago.

[rougewench.livejournal.com]

You all might want to note that this warning dates back to a problem which occurred in October of 2005, and MSNBC didn't catch up with that problem until April of 2006 when it bothered to do the report.


D.

Remember when I bartended at the Hilton?

[be4u.livejournal.com]

If you saw what I saw, on a daily and consistient basis, you'd never eat at another restuarant again...

[typsygypsy.livejournal.com]

My roommate got food poisoning last week and she told me afterward about this article a day or so after. She told me about it then brought out the bag of Dole lettuce she'd bought, smiling grimly.

also the cut green beans

[suzyqvoodoo.livejournal.com]

also applies to the cut vegetables in bags... like the green beans that are pre-trimmed & washed...
I used to use those all the time, until I ready about people getting sick

And they have to preserve the vegetables once cut, which is another unnecessary thing..

Seems like the convenience is not worth it.

Just goes to show that the easy road is not necessarily the right road!