In article >, derng >
wrote:

> ChiChi's got those onions from Mexico and they were packed in ice made in
> Mexico (don't drink the water). NAFTA has brought freer trade but perhaps
> Mexico does not have sanitation standards equal to those in the good ole
> USA. My question is, didn't ChiChi's WASH those onions before using them?
> Would washing them, without cooking them, be enough to clean them of any
> fecal matter that would otherwise cause hepatitis? I suspect they would be
> OK if cooked but maybe that is open to debate as well.

The FDA's latest statement is:

http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2003/NEW00981.html

They'd like us to cook them fully, as in a casserole.


>
> "<RJ>" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > After reading of the ChiChi's Green Onion problem,
> > I cast a jaundiced eye at the onions in my fridge drawer.
> >
> > They're green, look like scallions on steroids.....
> > I snip them into omelete, salads, soups, etc.
> >
> > Are these "green onions" ??
> >
> > When they showed the contaminated onions on the local news,
> > they looked like regular yellow cooking onions,
> > only they were green !
> > I guess I've never seen "green onions"
> >
> > ????
> >
> > <rj>
>
>

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Jack