"In their efforts to eat healthily, people are eating more salad products, choosing to buy organic brands and preferring the ease of 'pre-washed' bagged salads from supermarkets.
All of these factors, together with the globalisation of the food market, mean that cases of salmonella and E coli poisoning caused by salads are likely to rise in the future."
Chief Consumer Correspondent Lea Thompson has revealed 26 people in three states became ill after eating bagged lettuce. Amber Brister, 11, was hospitalized with kidney failure, requiring dialysis and blood transfusions to clear toxins from her body and fight life-threatening infection.
jpr: I am a bagged prewashed salad guy that will begin to wash it no matter what!
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Me too. I buy bags of shredded lettuce for burgers, cheese sandwiches, salads, etc. Yikes!
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