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gener7
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November 26, 2018

Romaine lettuce comes to mind as an ingredient in the Caesar salad. The Caesar Salad gets its name from the place it was originally made, the Hotel Caesar in Tijuana, Mexico. I had a chance to visit that Hotel when it had a restaurant that served that salad. The best I ever had. The restaurant later closed and was replaced by a fast food burger place.

I had visited San Diego and took the trolley to San Ysidro border crossing. Always made a point  to use bottled water and never eat anything off a street food cart. I guess with drug cartels and immigrant caravans, not some place I go out of my way to wander around these days.

Anyway the health advisory is  still on. For perspective 32 people were infected with e.coli, 13 hospitalized, no deaths.

Link goes to the CDC website.

Outbreak of E. coli Infections Linked to Romaine Lettuce | E. coli Infections Linked to Romaine Lettuce | November 2018…

Nancy OShea
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November 26, 2018

E-coli is nasty stuff.   So much of what we eat now is grown hydroponically rather than in soil.  I wonder what romaine growers in vastly different regions have in common.  Is it the seed, the growing medium, water filtration, nutrients or possibly a mutation in the lettuce?   

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John T Smith
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November 26, 2018

My (possibly faulty, read this a long time ago) memory says that "spray on liquid fertilizer" is animal waste (cow crap) that is fermented in big tanks to produce a liquid

If that resulting liquid is not heat treated to kill bacteria, you have a problem

Trevor.Dennis
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November 21, 2018

It's difficult to know where to take a stance in situations like this.  On the one hand we read about how youngsters today are more prone to allergies, and have less robust immune systems because they 'don't eat enough dirt'.  Then we read that supermarket trolley handles, and toilet doors etc. are not great things to touch.

12 Hot Spots for Germs and Bacteria: A Healthy Home Guide | Fitness Magazine

You might be familiar with super-vet Noel Fitzpatrick who creates bionic animals from his animal hospitals in the UK.  This week we saw  an episode where a dog that had had a shattered leg rebuilt, developed secondary infection, weeks after a successful operation, by 'licking the wound'.  Noel  told the dog's owner that dogs have a 100 different types of bacteria in their mouths!  Now I had always thought that animals 'cleaned' their wounds by licking them, but suddenly I'm having to rethink letting a dog lick your face.

Image result for noel fitzpatrick 100 types of bacteria

Hey, I've just remembered a very similar story we had just last year:

Contaminated salad recalled, harmful to children and elderly | Stuff.co.nz

Ussnorway7605025
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November 21, 2018

Trevor.Dennis  wrote

suddenly I'm having to rethink letting a dog lick your face.

well yes if you have a cut on your face