Posted on 07/06/2019 4:45:57 AM PDT by NOBO2012
Have you ever had food poisoning and not know how you got it? Boy, I sure have, three times within the past few years. Each time I suspected a salad that I had “enjoyed” either at home or in a restaurant. Fortunately Raj, who isn’t big on salads, (his motto: “always order the soup”) was spared. I have decided to follow his recommendation. I now resolutely refuse to order salads in restaurants and I’m very selective about produce I buy. I save most of my salad cravings for summer when I can get greens at the farmers market.
I have no proof of course that fresh produce was the source of the foodborne pathogens that I seem to be especially susceptible to…
but I think I’ve sleuthed out at least one potential cause.
“A search of the trailer filled with produce from Mexico led agents to discover 33 foreign nationals from Mexico and El Salvador hiding inside.”
“The group concealed inside the trailer included 12 juveniles in age from 3 to 17, a pregnant female and a convicted felon.” – NYPost
Dare I say that they don’t have porta potties on those produce trucks? And just to make an unsanitary environment even more so, the driver of the rig had turned the refrigeration unit off so the temperature inside was close to 100 degrees when he was stopped.
I don’t know about you but I will continue to restrict my produce from Mexico to avocados, which I only buy when I can’t find any from California which seems to be most of the time now. Even then I wash them in a Clorox solution before slicing into the skin.
But for now, I think I’ll run to our local farmers market and stock up for the weekend.
Then, since it’s going to be in the 90s today with the kind of humidity that makes you sweat just thinking about it, and I have 2 small tins of imported Italian oil-packed tuna in the pantry, I think I’ll make a classic Salade Niçoise and call it a day.
Oh, and in case I forgot to mention it: CLOSE THE DAMN BORDER!
Posted from: MOTUS A.D.
Thanks for posting. Food for thought.
I remember when we were visiting friends who lived in Puerto Vallarta in the early 00’s...ALL produce she bought she washed in a detergent type solution before putting in the fridge! Even fresh items there were suspect.
I refuse to go to Mexico as they plunder my state and country. BUT, each time I go there I come back with a visit to the DR. to halt gut issues...so yet another reason not to enjoy the beauty down there and the thrill of doing things I wouldn’t want God seeing me doing....(sarc!!!)
GOD BLESS TEXAS...we’ve got all the beauty and great food to boot!
I buy no produce from Mexico......not even bananas
I even boycotted cookies made in Mexico.....just because
In the supermarkets, almost all of the tomatoes are from Mexico—and that includes upscale markets like Whole Foods.
Human dung as fertilizer... What a great idea.. NOT....!
Hasn’t happened, isn’t going to. The only way it will be closed is if we go and close it ourselves.
Record. Numbers. Crossing. Our gift from our leaders. Compromise didn’t work in 86 and it didn’t work this year.
Like it or not, pray and be ready.. the days of reckonning for this are coming.. for your children and grandchildren.
Tents lining cities filled with piles of human excrement... If you think they won’t come to your town, you’re in denial.
Your kids will be last in line for everything, so will mine.
Only God can save this Republic now, but why would He?
I second that, close the dam border.
Correct. I wish President Trump would stop overpromising and blustering. He knows that the "wall" and illegal invasion are the main issues that elected him. I guess his plan is to just keep talking tough and promising to do something between now and the 2020 elections.
There’s no reason to import any fresh vegetables right now in the summer in the US. Period.
All we have to do is convince Pelosi and her gang the newbies coming over the border have gravitated to the Republican side of things- make the DemonRats think the illegals will start voting R and they will close the border themselves!
Yeah, that ain’t gonna happen especially when we send troops down there to twiddle their thumbs instead of shooting at anything that moves.
I wash produce with dishwashing detergent. What does everyone else use?
It isn’t just the imports but the food not so funny George Lopez encourages the illegal pickers wipe their butts with. Remember the Romaine lettuce recalls in Arizona.
Our kiddo got e-coli and had to have surgery and was on meds for years all because food handlers can’t seem to grasp the simple concept of washing their hands.
With hundreds of miles of open land can’t keep illegals out without military using less than lethal force. Need about 20000 more
Forget trying to convince Pelosi of anything using words or logic. She might think about changing her mind if any/all of her grandchildren were to be victims of illegal aliens’ crimes (and I seriously hope that happens). Even then, I’m not sure that would have an impact.
Her power is what’s important to her, and sacrificing lives of a few kids — even her own — might be OK with her. They’re fine with killing children, why not her own?
He is doing the right thing by not using exec orders. We lost the house, that was on us, not him. Will will take on more losses in 2020? That is up to us. Our willingness to go door to door and ask two questions.. are you better off now than 6 years ago? Do you think the congress who exempted themselves from obamacare and insider trading are the leaders of America?
Maybe some ther questions too.
Generally when Trump tweets about something he’s going to do—it’s a bluff, unfortunately.
Not minimizing the intent of the OP, but raw food is not sterile, but many people are oblivious to the threat posed by poorly-stored food which causes the organisms present on ALL raw food (including e coli) to explode in quantity.
Mixing illegals with produce shipments aside (why am I not surprised), this is just one case of shippers having gotten caught:
And yes, close the damned border.
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