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I am not at all surprised by this. You might remember all those people that died about two years ago from tainted California organic lettuce.
…”all those people that died ”
In that outbreak, 205 were sickened and 5 died.
The Contamination of Organic Produce by Human Pathogens in Animal Manures http://eap.mcgill.ca/SFMC_1.htm
Dr. Mermin, who flew to California to investigate last summer’s outbreak says there are six primary points in the growing-consumption chain where lettuces could become tainted (though in this instance, it was almost certainly on-farm):
Growing. Manures containing E. coli are used to fertilize the crop, or are present in the growing area either because cattle are pastured nearby or deer are present (studies are ongoing regarding E. coli in deer; it is not known if they pick it up from the cows or if perhaps the cattle pick it up from them but it is believed that deer and other ungulates are potentially vectors for E. coli). When the lettuce is cut at harvest, or is bruised or torn, the lettuce juices may become available to support the pathogen.
Processing. The processing area could become contaminated by something as simple as a worker coming in with manure on his shoes.
Boxes and Coolers. The big growers use enormous vats of recycled water to wash and crisp the lettuce; sometimes the same water is used for weeks at a time, during which time a single head of contaminated lettuce could infect thousands of other heads.
Transport. The trucks could be contaminated.
Local distributors. Unsanitary conditions, infected workers who don’t carefully wash their hands, the crisping process, all could contribute to contamination.
The consumer. A consumer who handles meat and then tears lettuce, who doesn’t scrub a cutting surface between uses, or who is infected already, can readily contaminate lettuce at home.
“In that outbreak, 205 were sickened and 5 died.”
~north-of-60
If that happened from radiation at a nuclear power plant in California or any state of the Union,
the people who eat ‘organic food’ would force the end of nuclear power plants in the U.S.A.
…But somehow, …it didn’t cause the end of ‘organic’ farming.
I am not at all surprised by this. You might remember all those people that died about two years ago from tainted California organic lettuce.
…”all those people that died ”
In that outbreak, 205 were sickened and 5 died.
The Contamination of Organic Produce by Human Pathogens in Animal Manures
http://eap.mcgill.ca/SFMC_1.htm
Dr. Mermin, who flew to California to investigate last summer’s outbreak says there are six primary points in the growing-consumption chain where lettuces could become tainted (though in this instance, it was almost certainly on-farm):
Growing. Manures containing E. coli are used to fertilize the crop, or are present in the growing area either because cattle are pastured nearby or deer are present (studies are ongoing regarding E. coli in deer; it is not known if they pick it up from the cows or if perhaps the cattle pick it up from them but it is believed that deer and other ungulates are potentially vectors for E. coli). When the lettuce is cut at harvest, or is bruised or torn, the lettuce juices may become available to support the pathogen.
Processing. The processing area could become contaminated by something as simple as a worker coming in with manure on his shoes.
Boxes and Coolers. The big growers use enormous vats of recycled water to wash and crisp the lettuce; sometimes the same water is used for weeks at a time, during which time a single head of contaminated lettuce could infect thousands of other heads.
Transport. The trucks could be contaminated.
Local distributors. Unsanitary conditions, infected workers who don’t carefully wash their hands, the crisping process, all could contribute to contamination.
The consumer. A consumer who handles meat and then tears lettuce, who doesn’t scrub a cutting surface between uses, or who is infected already, can readily contaminate lettuce at home.
“In that outbreak, 205 were sickened and 5 died.”
~north-of-60
If that happened from radiation at a nuclear power plant in California or any state of the Union,
the people who eat ‘organic food’ would force the end of nuclear power plants in the U.S.A.
…But somehow, …it didn’t cause the end of ‘organic’ farming.