On 12/19/2014 9:28 PM, Oregonian Haruspex wrote:
> On 2014-12-19 23:43:06 +0000, Nancy Young said:

>> Right. Still, drops or not, they should have been washed.
>>
>> I have bought some expensive pre-made caramel apples by mail.
>> You like to think they were washed before the other stuff is
>> added.

> Can you wash away all traces of a bacteria? Somehow I doubt it.
>
> Everything is a risk.

Of course, but there shouldn't be several people dying from
eating a product. Can't say as I wash apples that I buy all
that carefully, and I don't hear about people routinely getting
very ill from eating them, either.

But I'd expect a commercial place to be putting the apples
through a bath of some sort that would kill germs before processing
them. Otherwise we'd be hearing a lot more stories like that apple
juice business, and these caramel apples.

nancy

On 12/19/2014 9:44 PM, Nancy Young wrote:

>
> But I'd expect a commercial place to be putting the apples
> through a bath of some sort that would kill germs before processing
> them. Otherwise we'd be hearing a lot more stories like that apple
> juice business, and these caramel apples.
>
> nancy

I saw how they are made on Food Factory. The apples had a couple of
cleanings. Maybe this outfit took a shortcut or the bacteria was
introduced at a later point. Plenty of possibilities.

On 12/19/2014 11:25 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 12/19/2014 9:44 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>
>>
>> But I'd expect a commercial place to be putting the apples
>> through a bath of some sort that would kill germs before processing
>> them. Otherwise we'd be hearing a lot more stories like that apple
>> juice business, and these caramel apples.

> I saw how they are made on Food Factory. The apples had a couple of
> cleanings.

Okay, that sounds right.

> Maybe this outfit took a shortcut or the bacteria was
> introduced at a later point. Plenty of possibilities.

Should be interesting.

nancy