On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 08:07:10 +0100, The Reids
wrote:

~As I negotiated the north circular this morning a voice on the
~radio was saying something about outbreaks of salmonella being
~caused by lettuce contaminated by manure.
~Are there implications here for the home producer? I would have
~thought salmonella would be most likely found in raw chicken
~manure, what about horse manure, can we assume herbivores are
~safe?
~--

I think there's an outbreak of lack of common sense rather than of
salmonella. Anything that grows in the ground should be well-washed
before eating, regardless of what it was grown in. Anyone who grows
their own veg would wash it automatically, as it tends to be muddy
and all manures contain nasties when you think about it...

I'd have thought the danger would be in supermarket stuff which has
only been roughly washed and which people think is safe to eat
straight out of the packet.


--
jane

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone,
you may still exist but you have ceased to live.
Mark Twain

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