Food Safety- Salmonella, tomatoes and vegetables | |
Geogal
(OP) User ID: 373387 United States 07/05/2008 01:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | What can I do to prevent salmonellosis? -Cook poultry, ground beef, and eggs thoroughly. Do not eat or drink foods containing raw eggs, or raw (unpasteurized) milk. -If you are served undercooked meat, poultry or eggs in a restaurant, don't hesitate to send it back to the kitchen for further cooking. -Wash hands, kitchen work surfaces, and utensils with soap and water immediately after they have been in contact with raw meat or poultry. -Be particularly careful with foods prepared for infants, the elderly, and the immunocompromised. -Wash hands with soap after handling reptiles, birds, or baby chicks, and after contact with pet feces. -Avoid direct or even indirect contact between reptiles (turtles, iguanas, other lizards, snakes) and infants or immunocompromised persons. -Don't work with raw poultry or meat, and an infant (e.g., feed, change diaper) at the same time. -Mother's milk is the safest food for young infants. Breastfeeding prevents salmonellosis and many other health problems. [link to www.cdc.gov] Woman of white garment, foreign woman, earth-eating woman, taking and giving life, she is Pele "ONCE IN HIS LIFE, EVERY MAN IS ENTITLED TO FALL MADLY IN LOVE WITH A GORGEOUS REDHEAD" - LUCILLE BALL |
Geogal
(OP) User ID: 373387 United States 07/05/2008 01:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | How common is salmonellosis? Every year, approximately 40,000 cases of salmonellosis are reported in the United States. Because many milder cases are not diagnosed or reported, the actual number of infections may be thirty or more times greater. Salmonellosis is more common in the summer than winter. Children are the most likely to get salmonellosis. The rate of diagnosed infections in children less than five years old is about five times higher than the rate in all other persons. Young children, the elderly, and the immunocompromised are the most likely to have severe infections. It is estimated that approximately 400 persons die each year with acute salmonellosis. [link to www.cdc.gov] Woman of white garment, foreign woman, earth-eating woman, taking and giving life, she is Pele "ONCE IN HIS LIFE, EVERY MAN IS ENTITLED TO FALL MADLY IN LOVE WITH A GORGEOUS REDHEAD" - LUCILLE BALL |
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Geogal
(OP) User ID: 373387 United States 07/05/2008 01:34 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Could it be a bio-weapon strain of salmonella tested on the public? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 411199Who knows for certain, but I'm thinking no, since I haven't heard of really much of any deaths... like July 4 it was reported that 1 guy in his 80's "died" from salmonella related complications... Maybe it's just within the normal bounds and we're being distracted from something else??? Woman of white garment, foreign woman, earth-eating woman, taking and giving life, she is Pele "ONCE IN HIS LIFE, EVERY MAN IS ENTITLED TO FALL MADLY IN LOVE WITH A GORGEOUS REDHEAD" - LUCILLE BALL |
Beingsouthern
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Geogal
(OP) User ID: 373387 United States 07/05/2008 01:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | And for cryin out loud... Quoting: BeingsouthernWash your veggies prior to consumption! and your fruits... and your hands OFTEN while cooking. Don't use a board used to cut raw meat without throughly washing it with HOT water and soap prior to cutting anything else. WASH HANDS OFTEN WHILE COOKING AND PREPARING FOOD. Woman of white garment, foreign woman, earth-eating woman, taking and giving life, she is Pele "ONCE IN HIS LIFE, EVERY MAN IS ENTITLED TO FALL MADLY IN LOVE WITH A GORGEOUS REDHEAD" - LUCILLE BALL |
Geogal
(OP) User ID: 373387 United States 07/05/2008 01:38 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
Beingsouthern
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Geogal
(OP) User ID: 373387 United States 07/05/2008 01:41 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | LOL Quoting: BeingsouthernIs that your doing? Octopi weenies? Nope... found it on the web... just too darn funny NOT to share! LOL! Woman of white garment, foreign woman, earth-eating woman, taking and giving life, she is Pele "ONCE IN HIS LIFE, EVERY MAN IS ENTITLED TO FALL MADLY IN LOVE WITH A GORGEOUS REDHEAD" - LUCILLE BALL |
Geogal
(OP) User ID: 373387 United States 07/05/2008 02:14 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | maybe this it the WHOLE reason for the current scare... :saladfail: reptiles... veggies... hello? Woman of white garment, foreign woman, earth-eating woman, taking and giving life, she is Pele "ONCE IN HIS LIFE, EVERY MAN IS ENTITLED TO FALL MADLY IN LOVE WITH A GORGEOUS REDHEAD" - LUCILLE BALL |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 463452 United States 07/05/2008 02:33 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
rancelot User ID: 240916 United States 07/05/2008 02:49 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Of course, they tell you not to drink recycled water, but the plants and animals that we consume can't read. Therefore we end up eating that which is grown or fed with nutrients that are believed to be contaminated. Brilliant! |
Geogal
(OP) User ID: 373387 United States 07/06/2008 08:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | We irrigate much of our crops with recycled water also. There just isn't enough to go around in California. Quoting: rancelot 240916Of course, they tell you not to drink recycled water, but the plants and animals that we consume can't read. Therefore we end up eating that which is grown or fed with nutrients that are believed to be contaminated. Brilliant! Did you know that a lot of recycled water is also used as injection water into the San Diego and Los Angeles water table to help keep the salinity down? Woman of white garment, foreign woman, earth-eating woman, taking and giving life, she is Pele "ONCE IN HIS LIFE, EVERY MAN IS ENTITLED TO FALL MADLY IN LOVE WITH A GORGEOUS REDHEAD" - LUCILLE BALL |
Agent Tray
User ID: 182625 Canada 07/06/2008 08:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
Geogal
(OP) User ID: 373387 United States 07/06/2008 09:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | maybe its a problem, reaction, solution Quoting: Agent Traysolution? codex ? irradiated foods? prepacked processed food is safer??? whtever you do.. put DOWN that vegetable! But, IS it the veggy? and is it REALLY an outbreak? I'm not convinced. Woman of white garment, foreign woman, earth-eating woman, taking and giving life, she is Pele "ONCE IN HIS LIFE, EVERY MAN IS ENTITLED TO FALL MADLY IN LOVE WITH A GORGEOUS REDHEAD" - LUCILLE BALL |