Is lettuce still safe?

lollie1285

I just bought organic romaine from my grocery store yesterday. I’m not sick yet haha.

BarbaraHelen2013

I don’t know what Solbac is but I’m wondering if in the form intended for washing vegetables it’s the same product as Milton in the U.K.?

Milton is what we’d use to sterilise baby bottles, also to soak cloth nappies before washing, washing baby toys etc.

On the occasions when we’ve had issues with contaminated greens in the U.K., it’s what the NHS have recommended we use to wash leaves and vegetables. Using the 2 sink method, soak in a mild Milton solution (directions for this use are on the packaging), for 20 mins then rinse in clear water.

From memory, Milton does have a faint chlorine smell but it’s clearly food safe if it’s used for newborns!

apullum

lollie1285 wrote: »

I just bought organic romaine from my grocery store yesterday. I’m not sick yet haha.

If you were able to buy lettuce yesterday, then either that lettuce is not subject to the recall or your grocery store is not complying with the recall. My money is on the first one.

Again, the recall does not affect ALL romaine. It is only romaine grown in Salinas. If your romaine was not grown in Salinas, then it's safe. The lettuce packaging usually tells where it was grown.

Additionally, if you did manage to get your hands on some contaminated lettuce, it would take a few days after eating it for you to get sick.

kshama2001

cmriverside wrote: »

SuzySunshine99 wrote: »

Here's a good article on the possible reasons why leafy greens, especially romaine, seem to be more of a problem in recent years. It has a lot to do with contaminated water making its way into the fields. I live dangerously, so I still eat it:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/why-romaine-lettuce-keeps-getting-recalled-for-e-coli-contamination/2019/11/26/f20e7592-0fc4-11ea-b0fc-62cc38411ebb_story.html

Washington Post is behind a pay wall.

You can get at least one free article per month from the Post and that should be per browser. I've stopped taking advantage of this because they won't let me view with my advertisement blocker on and the moving ads hurt my brain.

cmriverside

kshama2001 wrote: »

cmriverside wrote: »

SuzySunshine99 wrote: »

Here's a good article on the possible reasons why leafy greens, especially romaine, seem to be more of a problem in recent years. It has a lot to do with contaminated water making its way into the fields. I live dangerously, so I still eat it:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/why-romaine-lettuce-keeps-getting-recalled-for-e-coli-contamination/2019/11/26/f20e7592-0fc4-11ea-b0fc-62cc38411ebb_story.html

Washington Post is behind a pay wall.

You can get at least one free article per month from the Post and that should be per browser. I've stopped taking advantage of this because they won't let me view with my advertisement blocker on and the moving ads hurt my brain.

Yeah, no interest in the Post, to be honest. Thanks, though. And yeah, I don't view any sites with ads either.