"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 6/11/2016 9:16 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2016-06-11 7:08 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>
>>> Pretty scary thing, actually. Sharp eyed child. But then it wasn't a
>>> bunch of grapes, it was a *container* of grapes packed and shipped from
>>> who knows where. Obviously whatever farm/vineyard they came from didn't
>>> bother to *rinse* them well before packing them in lovely plastic
>>> containers to send to Costco. That alone would give me pause.
>>>
>>
>> It's not a matter of negligence that they did not rinse them when they
>> were packaged. That would make them wet and more likely to go bad.
>>
>>
> Not if they allowed them to dry out before they were put into plastic
> containers. If they'd rinsed the grapes before packaging, voila, no
> spiders. Don't try to turn this into a Julie thing.

I don't think it is common practice to rinse produce before packaging.
Exceptions would be bagged salads, some spinach, and cut up things.