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WASHINGTON - As salmonella cases continue to climb, the government is checking if tainted tomatoes really are to blame for the record outbreak — or if the problem is with another ingredient, or a warehouse that is contaminating newly harvested tomatoes.
I have had salmonella before, I got it from chicken not cooked properly. I didn't know you could get it from vegetables.
Salmonella in vegetablesDoes manuring the fields, either at home or overseas, pose anythreat to the public health ? Polluted river and surface wateris often used for irrigating growing vegetables, especiallyduring droughts, and illness may be caused by the consumptionof vegetables treated with surface water.1 2 Some answersto this question have come from "a tentative survey"3 into thehygienic quality of vegetables grown in or imported into theNetherlands. Samples of 61 home-grown and 199 importedvegetables were examined for Escherichia coli and faecalstreptococci. Salmonellas were isolated from 23 of 103 samplesexamined for these organisms. As the numbers of E coli andfaecal streptococci increased above 104 and 106 per 100 g,respectively, the isolation rate of salmonellas rose from 8 to63% and from 6 to 51%, thus supporting claims about howuseful E coli and faecal streptococci are as indicators ofprobable appreciable faecal contamination. The typhoidbacillus was isolated from one sample of vegetables importedfrom the tropics.The presence of salmonellas and the indications of faecalcontamination show at least potential dangers from theseorganisms and other intestinal pathogens, including parasites.Although the survey was limited, the risk appears to be highestfrom tropical products. Some tropical countries commonly usehuman faeces for manuring vegetable crops, and this doubtless explains the disturbing finding of typhoid bacilli in onesample from a tropical country. An outbreak of cholera inIsrael in 1970 was traced to vegetables manured with humanfaeces4 ; and clearly any vegetables so manured carry higherthan average (and indeed serious) risks to consumers.In practice, however, the number of reports of foodpoisoning traced to vegetables are few compared with thosetraced to animal products. Vegetables are not anything like asgood a culture medium for salmonellas as are meat, milk, andeggs, for example; and the common food-poisoning salmonellasdo not usually produce symptoms in man unless fairly largenumbers are eaten. The number of samples containing a fewsalmonellas is less important for the health of consumers thanthe number of salmonellas present in particular samples offood at the time it is eaten. Although it is useful to be remindedthat the hygienic quality of vegetables may sometimes bequestioned, we must also not overestimate their importance as acause of food poisoning. Their food value is infinitely moreimportant than any possible hazard to health.It is important that vegetables should be individually andthoroughly washed in running water just before being used,especially those eaten uncooked. In itself washing is a sure andeffective way of decontaminating vegetables, since salmonellasare present on the surface. Most importantly, unwashedvegetables should be kept away from clean kitchen surfacesand from fresh food, especially if the latter is to be eatenuncooked and not at once. Good kitchen hygiene is the mostimportant factor in preventing infection. If stronger assurance is required immersion may be advised for, say, an hour indilute permanganate solution or lightly chlorinated water,followed by a wash in running water. But with such reasonableand simple precautions there is no need for us to face asummer without salads.
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