Wednesday, April 02, 2014 by: David Gutierrez, staff writer
NaturalNews) Don't trust that pre-bagged produce in the grocery store, no matter how prominently the packaging proclaims that it has been "pre-washed" or even "triple-washed."
A recent Consumer Reports study found that 39 percent of all bagged salad in samples taken from 16 different brands tested positive for bacteria that indicate the presence of fecal contamination. While most bags did not contain levels high enough to make most people sick, the very prevalence of these bacteria indicates widespread fecal contamination and a continuously present disease risk.
Indeed, the U.S. Department of Agriculture says that, for every 2,000 bags of salad, one is contaminated with Salmonella. It would take less than 40 people buying one bag per week over a year for one of the contaminated bags to be consumed.
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I would get the worst stomach cramps when we ate bagged salad...now I know why! When we buy everything seperate to make salad...I have no problems. Here I thought it was from the chemicals they use to wash the salad in to keep it fresh for longer..... I even washed it and I still had the runs!
We know a lady who works for the Health Inspection Agency. She said last year that many truck loads of Produce from California is turned back from Canada as it has ...