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Vegetables and fruits cause more US food illnesses
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> rick wrote:
>> "Jerry Story" > wrote in message
>> oups.com...
>> > usual suspect wrote:
>> >> C. James Strutz wrote:
>> >> > http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051122/hl_nm/food_dc
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>> >> From the article:
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>> >> [V]egetables and fruits triggered 31 outbreaks from 2002 to
>> >> 2003, compared with 29 for chicken and other poultry,
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>> >> to the report.
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>> >> Overall, contaminated tomatoes, sprouts and other produce
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>> >> 28,315 people sick during 554 outbreaks from 1990 to
>> >> 2003 --
>> >> 20
>> >> percent of all cases CSPI analyzed.
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>> >> Chicken made 14,729 people sick in 476 outbreaks, and eggs
>> >> were
>> >> responsible for 10,847 illnesses from 329 outbreaks,
>> >> according
>> >> to the group.
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>> >> Another myth is shattered. Veganism doesn't protect people
>> >> from food
>> >> poisoning.
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>> > You overlooked this part:
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>> > "Pathogens can adhere to the rough surfaces of fruits and
>> > vegetables,
>> > so consumers should take precautions, such as washing
>> > produce
>> > under
>> > running water," the report said, adding people should "still
>> > eat plenty
>> > of produce."
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>> > It is not the veggies that made people sick; it is the crap
>> > that is on
>> > them. Eat (or drink) your veggies, but wash them first.
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>> And if you properly cook meat it doesn't make you sick either.
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> really? What temperature should the meat be cooked at so the
> cholesterol is destroyed?
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> What temperature to destroy PRIONS?
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Tell us master of the inane. But you'll have to resort to your
lys as usual...
cue the spew....
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>> Still looks like the vggies made more people sick, did you
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>> that part?
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