To: cpdiii
On June 23rd, the FDA reported a multistate outbreak of hepatitis A virus due to contaminated organic strawberries...
I think the bigger problem is the concentration of food growing, storing and harvesting. A few years ago, ALL the spinach was discarded because of the centralization. After that, 1/2 the peanut butter was tossed. These were not "organic" operations, either.
The small loss efficiency in decentralization is more than offset by fewer system-wide failures.
13 posted on
08/23/2022 8:17:39 AM PDT by
Dr. Sivana
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To: Dr. Sivana
No, strawberries and especially spinach are prone to field contamination due to their high water content and moisture uptake system. Hepatitis from field workers who shit in the irrigation ditches or e. coli from improperly composted manure readily enters their fruits and leaves.
Outbreaks have happened repeatedly from these two crops.
14 posted on
08/23/2022 8:30:51 AM PDT by
Valpal1
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