About fifteen years ago, a group of hippies started an organic apple juice co-op. Their product was found to be contaminated with e-coli.
Everyone with more than two brain cells wondered at this because most e-coli outbreaks occur in meat due to improper slaughtering or handling.
The eneMedia tried to bury the fact that the wonderfully wise and fragrant nature nuts were picking up apples from the ground that had rested in...fertilizer. Then they weren't properly washed before squeezing, bottling and landing on your family's kitchen table.
A good intention coupled with ignorance leads to very bad consequences.
I thought washing apples (with organic soap if not bleach) and pasteurizing juice was SOP. Not for these hippies, huh.
Some savvy manure handlers use solar heat to sterilize the manure instead of using it straight from the animal.