Vegetables Are Good For You Or Are They?
April 30th, 2006 by Marsha JamesI just finished watching Dateline NBC who put out another story that’s sure to scare some people away from veggies or at least bagged ones. Apparently in the last few years more than 400 people have gotten sick and 2 have died from eating the pre-cut, bagged vegetables that we find in most grocery stores.
The leafy greens, specifically lettuce has been found to be harboring the bacteria Ecoli. That bacteria is usually found in feces which ups the eww factor. It is puzzling the industry as no one can seem to figure out exactly how the Ecoli is finding it’s way into the bags.
The industry is both being helpful and also staying in denial. They realize that people are getting sick and say they want to do everything to help but are saying it could also be from other things such as the outside of the bag. The bags travel miles and pass through many hands and they say once you open it then the bacteria gets on the food. Riight.
Marsha James wrote this on April 30th, 2006 and filed it under Healthy Living, Healthy Eating, Health Foods, Vegetarian Cooking, Raw Foods |
