Stick with organic; it still happens but far less often.
This is a bad time to be a vegan.
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.
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.
Unclean factory workers, growers or pickers?
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.
Now, let me see...how on earth could those vegetables become contaminated? Hand washing, hand washing, hand washing. After the veggies have had their antiseptic bath, they shouldn’t be touched by ungloved hands. But if you don’t wash your hands correctly, then applying the gloves contaminates them, unless they don them with one hand (no), or use aseptic technique (hahahahahahaha!) All comes down to excellent training and scrupulous attention to detail. A good work ethic. Sadly, not always a high priority. It’s a wonder everything we buy isn’t contaminated.
The wifey and I eat brunch regularly at this place nearby after church. Good food. However, I prepared a fruit plate. As I was eating, there was a slight crunch in the raspberry. GAHHH! It was a stink bug!! That’s right. I no longer care for cilantro!! Way too close to smell.