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News: A good reason to wash packaged lettuce
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I've always washed salad greens, pre-washed and bagged or not. Yes, most of these pre-washed salads are processed in North America, but how they're being handled to point where they're in our homes, we don't know. Why take a chance?
Picture this, Niagara Falls Canada, last valentines day weekend, out for a romantic dinner at a popular restaurant, sharing a large ceasar salad with my hunny, when i picked up a funny looking piece of lettuce on my fork. I put it back on my plate and it took a moment for it to sink in that I was looking at a ginormous dragon fly. Needless to say, the restaurant did not charge us for the meal that we did not eat after that but in thier defence said that thier chain is sent pre-washed salads and that they would from that day forward wash thier pre-washed food again.
Personally I don't and I also checked the Health Canada Website about this as well and they do indicate that you do not need to rewash pre-packaged ready-to-eat greens before eating, unless they are sold in open containers, or are exposed to liquids from other foods (i.e. raw meats). I would be very concerned if the bacteria found in the study was not naturally occuring in the digestive tract though. If you eat yogurt, (which I don't), you would also know that it contains many bacteria that are found in the digestive tract and are proven to be good for you. Of course it wouldn't hurt to wash the stuff either.
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