 Russia has announced a ban on fresh vegetable imports from the European Union in the wake of a deadly outbreak from a possibly new E. coli strain that has swept across parts of Europe. It was a Chinese research institute blamed the outbreak on a new E. coli strain, though the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the strain has been seen before. Scientists at the Beijing Genomic Institute said the outbreak of infection in Germany is caused by a new "super-toxic" E. coli strain. The CDC said the strain is very rare and added that while it is not aware of any cases reported in the United States, it is aware of a few reports of the strain from other countries. Britain's Health Protection Agency has said that the strain suspected in the outbreak is "rare" and "seldom seen in the UK." Read - Chinese agency says European E. coli is new strain; Russia sets ban |
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The Spanish co-op needs to sell cucumbers to local pickle makers or make there own pickles. The warehouse is idle. Employees can't make the bills. My imediate thought was why are they throwing out these cucumbers when they know they are safe? Why are't they pickling them and making their money?
I stopped getting lettuce on sandwiches a long time ago because of e.coli (they do not wash the lettuce - or their hands). You really ought to cook meat well. You ought to soak things in a vinegar-water mixture (like cucumbers or lettuce or above-ground vegetables ) or .. chicken or fish. It changes the Ph of the surface and bacteria very sensitive to Ph factor (7.0 ). It does not change the taste for only an hour or so. cook potatoes, carrots, broccoli, etc. well and it kills e.coli. Besides vinegar you can rinse things in a baking soda solution and that's hostile Ph too.