"I'd like to know what happens when one of these "undocumented" workers infests the foods with some third-world disease and pass it on to the rest of us. I heard a story yesterday about e-coli showing up in packaged salads. Wonder if an illegal had anything to do with that?
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What happens is that people get sick. Did an illegal have anything to do with e-coli in packaged salads? Very possibly.
My parents own a citrus farm in California. I've worked there when the pickers were in (mostly illegal). Even though there are portapotties in the orchard, the pickers just squat and leave their feces in the orchard. It's faster, you see.
Citrus is washed well before you get it, but...
I wouldn't be suprised at all if salad greens were contaminated with fecal matter. I'm sure the same procedure happens in the lettuce fields. Wash your salad greens well, for your own safety.
Oh my gosh, that is disgusting. Horrible.
Thanks for the inside info. Now what the hell do they do to our food in the restaurants? Maybe I don't want to know!