Tim Tyler wrote:
>>>>There's a message here though. I hear a lot of people espousing
>>>>vegetarian diets because they think it will protect them from food
>>>>poisoning. Not true.
>>>
>>>It won't protect them, but generally will reduce the risk.
>>
>>You have no basis for concluding that, ****Har, you
>>greasy little prick, except your bigoted semi-"vegan"
>>religious beliefs.
>
> Of course it is quite accurate.

Actually, it isn't.

> Check the common sources of food poisoning - and their sources:

Those are indeed common, but not the ONLY instances of food-borne
illness. Dare I remind you of the outbreak attributed to contaminated
Odwalla Juice in 1996?

> Campylobacter Milk and poultry

And wildlife:
http://tinyurl.com/venp (pdf)

> Salmonella Eggs, meat (especially poultry)
> Clostridia Spores in food (especially meat)
> Listeria Meat, dairy foods, fish, shellfish

And wildlife:
http://tinyurl.com/vd0z

> The first is the most common sort of food poisioning seen by doctors.

You also conveniently left out that cross-contamination can and does
occur. Since many wild birds, who fly over crops and take dumps without
ANY consideration for vegetarians below, carry campylobacter, one can
become infected through contaminated produce. Wildlife also act as
vectors for all the other named pathogens you listed (see:
http://tinyurl.com/vd0z).

Guess I will remind you of Odwalla. One child was killed and scores more
sickened by e Coli infection from unpasteurized apple juice. Odwalla's
harvesting practices (using "ground" or fallen fruit) and machinery were
both faulty. Pasteurization could have prevented or at least minimized
the outbreak. Since the incident, Odwalla pasteurizes all juice.

The following is a list of juice-related epidemics of food poisoning.
http://www.foodsafetynetwork.ca/food...-outbreaks.htm

Raw sprouts often are at the source of Salmonella outbreaks. Since
sprouts are often raised away from animals, perhaps you can tell us the
source of such cross-contamination.

Finally, hepatitis A, which is at issue in the Beaver Valley outbreak,
is spread primarily through raw fruits and vegetables, especially
salads. Animals aren't the vectors for hep A, people are.