Now even a SALAD is bad for you.....

[marmar]

:scared: I'm about ready to start my own organic farm. Then again, the soil is probably toxic from years of industrial waste and acid rain.


from the AP, via Yahoo:


E. coli fears spark bagged salad recall

By LISA LEFF, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 58 minutes ago



SAN FRANCISCO - A package of Dole salad mix that tested positive for E. coli has triggered a recall in at least nine states, prompting new produce fears almost exactly a year after a nationwide spinach scare.

The tainted bag of Dole's Hearts Delight salad mix was sold at a store in Canada, officials said. Neither Canadian health officials nor Dole Food Co. have received reports of anyone getting sick from the product.

The voluntary recall, issued Monday, affects all packages of Hearts Delight sold in the United States and Canada with a "best if used by" date of September 19, 2007, and a production code of "A24924A" or "A24924B," the company said.

Last year, an E. coli outbreak traced to bagged baby spinach sold under the Dole brand was blamed for the deaths of three people and for sickening hundreds more across the U.S. Authorities eventually identified a central California cattle ranch next to spinach fields belonging to one of Dole's suppliers as being the source of the bacteria.

A recent Associated Press investigation found that government regulators never acted on calls for stepped-up inspections of leafy greens after that outbreak, and regulations governing farms in the fertile central California region known as the nation's "Salad Bowl" remain much as they were.

The latest recall affects packages sold in Ontario, Quebec and the Maritime Provinces in Canada and in Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Tennessee starting around Sept. 8, said Marty Ordman, a Dole spokesman.

Eighty-eight cases — or 528 bags — were distributed in Canada, and 755 cases containing 4,530 bags were distributed in the U.S., he said. FDA spokesman Michael Herndon said the agency was talking with Westlake Village, Calif.-based Dole about the situation. ......(more)

The complete piece is at: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070918/ap_on_re_us/lettuce_recall;_ylt=AlxcS_GTk1zLX6Q8BILiUWGs0NUE

[rucky]

1. The bagged stuff is a rip-off anyway.

shell out the $25 for a good salad spinner, and it'll pay for itself quick enough.

Besides, you really should wash the pre-washed stuff anyway.

[bunkerbuster1]

4. While I too wash the pre-washed stuff

that won't save you from the e coli bacteria. Cooking will, but I don't usually cook my salad.

[Retired AF Dem]

2. Now?

You are behind the times. :)

[unpossibles]

3. it's not the salad

it's the cow poop on it that is run-off from the feedlots. Yum!

Last year, an E. coli outbreak traced to bagged baby spinach sold under the Dole brand was blamed for the deaths of three people and for sickening hundreds more across the U.S. Authorities eventually identified a central California cattle ranch next to spinach fields belonging to one of Dole's suppliers as being the source of the bacteria.

And yes, the head sof lettuce are more economical and imo, tend to last longer anyway.

[shain from kane]

5. Workers are known to take a dump in the fields. I saw it as a teenage worker. n/t

[SoCalDem]

8. They have no choice if there are no facilities provided

:(..

and animal run-off contributes as well :(

Some growers in Mexico were using human effluent as fertilizer :puke:

we are literally eating shit./.:puke:

[Connie_Corleone]

6. There's always Soylent Green. eom

[Retired AF Dem]

9. Or

you could of had a V-8.

[SoCalDem]

7. I never thought the bagged stuff was all that great..but unfortunately

THAT is what most restaurants USE,, so look out!!

I think it's always better to peel your own carrots, soak & crisp your own lettuce etc..
Real salads taste better too.. Those bagged salads smell funny.