Posted on 07/06/2018 1:14:53 PM PDT by BenLurkin
A recall was issued in June for three different sizes of Del Monte vegetable trays containing broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, celery and dill dip.
As of this week, 212 people have contracted cyclosporiasis after reportedly consuming Del Monte vegetable trays, the Centers for Disease Control announced.
Seven people were hospitalized but no deaths have been reported. Those who were sickened bought the vegetables in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa. Two cases were from vegetables bought in another state but consumed in Michigan. Recalls were issued in June for those four states as well as Illinois and Indiana.
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The recall affected three different sizes of vegetable trays containing broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, celery and dill dip. Their "best if used by" dates were June 17, 2018 and their respective UPC codes were:
7 1752472715 2 (6 oz. Del Monte Fresh Produce vegetable tray) 7 1752472518 9 (12 oz. Del Monte Fresh Produce vegetable tray) 7 1752478604 3 (28 oz. Del Monte Fresh Produce vegetable tray)
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Stick with organic; it still happens but far less often.
This is a bad time to be a vegan.
Or better yet.. Grow your own veggies.
Gross. Don’t be lazy and buy a “vegetable tray”. Who knows when it was put together.
I eat very few canned, frozen or otherwise pre-packaged vegetables. The few I do use go into soups or chili that are well cooked. Main vegatables for a dinner meal came fresh from a local produce store and were cleaned and prepared at home.
Just remember that your entire bathroom is covered in a layer of feces residue. Unless you only flush with the lid closed and you clean it every day.
Del Monte anything sucks. I used to eat canned veggies a lot and theirs was the worse. Often gritty, like they had dirt in them.
Yep! I do exactly that! I’m getting to be a germaphobe in my old age. Heh.
Just hard working illegals taking a crap in the fields while they work. Better than throwing a turd into the salsa.
Everything did have feces on it.
Even the brand new, never touched toothbrushes that they had left in their offices for the three month study.
I'm guessing that just like all sorts of bacteria, our bodies can handle a lot of it. It is just when we get new strains of it (say from south of the border), or feces with disease in it is when we get sick.
Unclean factory workers, growers or pickers?
Organic and fresh for sure and locally produced if possible-what I don’t grow myself I buy at the local market because it is home-grown produce-I quit even buying bagged spinach, salad greens, etc 5-6 years ago-veggies packed in a bag or worse-put together in a tray with a container of maybe not so fresh dip-may as well have a warning label on the package-you don’t know who packed those veggies, or where it was done...
Reminds me of Al Madrigal’s Cilantro story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HME5X0_bok
And it’s always a good time to be a carnivore
Wash your veggies with water and vinagar. Even the “ready to each” pre pacakged stuff.
Never, ever, buy pre-cut and assorted vegetable trays. Buy the vegetables, cut them, wash thoroughly and drain in a colander, and make the tray yourself. The dip? A liquid mayonnaise grenade. Buying what came out of a plant staffed by Mexican illegals, you may as well skip the expense and get your e-coli directly from a public commode.
This is why with the exception of shredded lettuce and sliced tomatoes for sammiches, I generally cook my veggies.
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