Germs on your greens?
 

Story in Courier Mail today talks about antibiotic resistant superbugs... some apparently transmitted by fecal contamination.

So... when you go to buy your fruit and veg from the supermarket... and you watch people pick up and put back their choice of produce... if they have dirty hands... I'm concerned you could buy and consume these bugs. :unsure:

Does anyone else know if this is right - or share my concerns?

Re: Germs on your greens?
 

Absolutely! I always wash fruit and veg, mainly because they are sprayed with chemicals, but the poo contamination is just another reason to be careful.

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Yes, we also rinse fruit and veg in water... but can that really get rid of fecal contamination?

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If you cook it, or peel it, you shouldn't have to worry. I buy my salad in bags when I can't grow my own leaves.
One thing I never buy is loose nuts - lots of pantry moth egg contamination, not to mention people's germs, and flies.

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Fruit and veg grows in dirt. Hardly ground breaking news you need to wash it.

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Yes, everyone understands that, but do you know how to wash something you aren't going to cook to remove any fecal contamination?

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I personally think keeping things too sterile is more dangerous than exposure to everyday germs. It reduces ones immunity.

So until I or someone in my family personally get sick from eating pre handled goods, I'm not going to worry about it.

I take the point re chemicals and produce though.

Re: Germs on your greens?
 

Eat with right hand wash with left;)

A good wash does the trick.

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We get our salad greens from the place my wife works at, hand picked half an hour before coming home so she pretty much knows exactly what is on them ;)

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Soap and water. The same way one would wash their hands to remove faecal contamination.

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You must always wear disposable latex gloves in public as door knobs and lift buttons are covered in Feacal contamination. It's a dirty dangerous world out there

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Did you know your mobile phone has more germs than a public toilet seat cover?

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What a brilliant idea! :rolleyes: You must come for dinner sometime. :sneaky:

Re: Germs on your greens?
 

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew. :ohmy:

Re: Germs on your greens?
 

I'm using my iphone as we speak.
Wanna share roasted nuts with me?