All produce, no matter who picks it, should be washed before consuming, packaged or not. It’s not hard or that time-consuming. As a kid, we lived in Spain, and my mom had to go to the farmers market everyday to get our produce because we didn’t have a refrigerator. She taught me to wash all of our fruits and vegetables in the sink with a little dish soap and then rinsing them to dry before putting them out to eat. I continue that habit to this day, even for packaged produce from the grocery store. My wife and I live in the country in Florida and have a huge garden every year. We wash everything we pick before preparing it to eat, including strawberries, and they are not in packages. And our hands are not “unsanitary”.
I suspect, despite your protestation to the contrary, that your complaint about this practice by Dole to package their strawberries in the field being unsanitary, has more to do with the fact that it is the illegals who pick the fruit who are unsanitary than you want to admit. “Thou doth protest too much.”
Just sayin’......
“has more to do with the fact that it is the illegals who pick the fruit who are unsanitary than you want to admit. “Thou doth protest too much.”
Just sayin’......”
Nope.
I’d be creeped out no matter who was touching them just the same as if I was at a deli and saw an employee making my sandwich with bare hands.
Maybe you’re projecting?
Just sayin’.....
How do you wash lettuce with soap?
I use a vege wash which I put in a spray bottle. Spray the produce then rince with water.
The wash is made with 1 cup water, 1 cup shite vinegar and i T baking soda. Alleviates the use of chemicals (dish soap)on the produce.