Stephen Howard wrote:

On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 13:36:36 +0100, The Reids
wrote:

Following up to Stephen Howard

In any event, I saw no mention that the lettuces were organically
grown. The presence of horse manure isn't a sufficient basis upon
which to draw that conclusion - and considering the destination of the
lettuces I think it highly unlikely that they were.

only "manure" was mentioned, I assumed chicken?

I assumed chicken manure, if used, would have been in pelleted and
sterilized form?
In any event, you can lose the 'horse' - makes no odds.

It's worth investigating previous outbreaks associated with salad crops;
apparently the contamination sometimes comes from the irrigation water
or even the washing water, not manure applied directly to the crop or
the soil before the crop is planted.

regards
sarah


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