graham wrote:

> On 2018-11-21 9:13 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Wednesday, November 21, 2018 at 10:54:47 AM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
> >> On 2018-11-21 10:34 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> >>> On Wed, 21 Nov 2018 08:16:06 -0000, "Ophelia" >
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> "U.S. Janet B." wrote in message
> >>>> ...
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> CDC says eat no romaine lettuce in any form, anywhere, from no
> >>>> location. It is not safe to eat.
> >>>>> https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/wel...cid=spartandhp
> >>>> or
> >>>> http://tinyurl.com/y85p68dq
> >>>>
> >>>> Janet US
> >>>>
> >>>> ==
> >>>>
> >>>> Good warning, thank you! They say it is true of Romaine lettuce
> >>>> 'everywhere'!
> >>>>
> >>>> I guess that means here in UK too?
> >>>
> >>> sorry, just US and Canada
> >>>
> >>
> >> We get lettuce from the US, so when there is a problem with a product in
> >> the US we have a problem too.
> >>
> >> Having driven through the areas where a lot of American fruits and
> >> vegetables are grown I can understand how the get problems like this.
> >> The fields are huge. The farmers have trailers with rows of portable
> >> toilets and they park them at one end of the fields. The pickers are
> >> likely paid piece work, so there is no money made while they walk a half
> >> mile to use the toilet, and if they are infected with e coli they aren't
> >> going to have enough warning to get to the portapotty... so they squat
> >> and crap in the field.
> >
> > In some areas, there's runoff from livestock operations, too. I believe
> > that's what caused the previous outbreak.
> >
> > I probably will buy head lettuce the next time I shop, or Bibb or
> > leaf lettuce.
> >
> > Pity this happened during the winter, or there'd be some hope of
> > local lettuce.
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
> >
> The problem could be solved by eating what is in season locally, as we
> did during my childhood. Salads are for summer!


A winter's veg diet of neeps, tatties, onions, and carrots would get *very* old *very* fast, graham...

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Best
Greg