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professor

Thu, Nov 22 2018, 8:06 pm

Will you eat Bodek or Positive lettuce? If they wash it 3 times? Is it safe?

bargainlover

Thu, Nov 22 2018, 8:18 pm

Yes both companies put out statements it's safe to eat

ROFL

Thu, Nov 22 2018, 8:20 pm

I would not eat them. Not worth it if they are contaminated.
I also wonder how the CDC says all romaine is bad - but only the kosher brands are ok???

thunderstorm

Thu, Nov 22 2018, 8:21 pm

I don't trust that they are good. Just because they said doesn't mean anything. Of course they will say it. They don't want to lose business.
I just purchased iceberg lettuce for now until the CDC says it's ok to eat romaine again.

zaq

Thu, Nov 22 2018, 8:31 pm

I wouldn’t.

Cheiny

Thu, Nov 22 2018, 8:45 pm

ROFL wrote:

I would not eat them. Not worth it if they are contaminated.
I also wonder how the CDC says all romaine is bad - but only the kosher brands are ok???

Bodek states that because they’re grown in hothouses they’re not subject to the same problem as the others...

tweety1

Thu, Nov 22 2018, 9:30 pm

Cheiny wrote:

Bodek states that because they’re grown in hothouses they’re not subject to the same problem as the others...

I think you might be mistaken. Positive said that. Bodek said they sent theirs to lab

tweety1

Thu, Nov 22 2018, 9:31 pm

professor wrote:

Will you eat Bodek or Positive lettuce? If they wash it 3 times? Is it safe?

Washing I heard, doesn't help the problem. That's what the news was saying.

PinkFridge

Thu, Nov 22 2018, 10:02 pm

Stores are usually really careful. If they haven't pulled them, I think it might be ok. I still think I'd pass on it for a while.

JoyInTheMorning

Fri, Nov 23 2018, 3:45 am

I don't have fresh Bodek lettuce in any store near me. I usually buy locally grown romaine lettuce and wash it carefully. But that's to check for bugs; washing doesn't get rid of e. coli. For now, I am switching to hydroponic butter lettuce. It is much more expensive unfortunately.

More generally, I am concerned that the frankly disgusting practices of agribusiness -- including using contaminated water to irrigate fields -- have the potential to contaminate many types of produce. There have been cases, for example, of cantaloupes that are contaminated with e. coli. That's not a problem for produce that is cooked. But we eat plenty that is raw, including melons, peppers, and cucumbers.

Ruchel

Fri, Nov 23 2018, 4:35 am

I would only refrain from it if it was local to me.

ra_mom

Fri, Nov 23 2018, 6:49 am

JoyInTheMorning wrote:

Who said anything about contaminated water? What about fertilizer made from animal feces?

Iymnok

Fri, Nov 23 2018, 7:05 am

Excuse my ignorance, but why not red leaf or loose leaf? They are pretty and easy to check.

JoyInTheMorning

Fri, Nov 23 2018, 2:14 pm

Fertilizer has been made from feces for thousands of years. (That's what manure is.) I would have to look this up to be sure, but I thought I had read that over time, bacteria that are harmful to humans decay, so if fertilizer is used in a field, and enough time passes before the produce is harvested, there shouldn't be a problem, other than the yuck factor.

However, if contaminated water -- and I'm talking about water that includes runoff from livestock animals -- is used throughout the growing process, and even after harvesting, those bacteria are alive and thriving on the produce you are eating.

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