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[–] 52 points 10 months ago (15 children)

for the record this has happened to people as well as severe illness from eating un washed vegetables.. Perhaps the artist just hasnt been paying enough attention to the liability warning on washing stuff particularly romaine lettuce has been recalled numerous times over the years as infections have lead to death, illness and why these warnings exist.

There’s been listeria outbreaks on waffles the past two years.

Food warnings Just in the past few months:

January 15, 2026
[Outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to various brands of pistachios and pistachio-containing products] December 24, 2025
[Outbreak of E. coli infections linked to Pillsbury brand Pizza Pops] November 5, 2025
[Outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to dog food and treats]

These are packed products. So I wouldn’t trust an exposed, unwashed grown product. Common sense.

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  • [–] 22 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    There’s been listeria outbreaks on waffles the past two years.

    NO ONE TOLD ME I HAD TO WASH WAFFLES

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

    Listeria can't survive cooking so just fully cook any food you get that's RTE (Ready To Eat). Examples of high risk food included frozen pizza and corn dogs since there's both meat and bread coming together, each having its own food bourne illness risks. So yeah, fully cook your food.

    The good news however is that the FDA takes Listeria very seriously and will stop production at a plant until a battery of thousands of swabs all come back negative. Plants don't want to be shut down by the FDA so they do their own swabbing very frequently and often have private contractors who also swab very frequently so that they can identify contaminations before they get to the FDA

    More good news is Listeria really struggles to compete with other food bourne illnesses, so in a facility that's really poorly cleaned and maintained, it'll most likely be a far less deadly pathogen because they beat out Listeria in the competition for resources to grow and spread

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  • [–] 20 points 10 months ago* (8 children)

     Yeah I'm sure the 5 second rinse that everyone does really kills that bacteria. Individually soaping each leaf, massaging the crevasses 🀣

    The rinse is for getting rid of rocks and dirt. The rest is theater.

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  • [–] 17 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    Small amounts of dirt are going to harbor bacteria, and a soak and rinse (and a light scrub, if it's produce that can be scrubbed) will actually make a notable difference to the pathogen count. It's not magic, but it's good practice.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    I get it, and I wash my shit if only because of literal shit. But odds are if there is an outbreak, you're getting sick. This is nitpicky as fuck.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago*

    All of this is ignoring the fact that plants can absorb the harmful bacteria so washing, even with specific produce washing solution, isn't foolproof.

    Of course, that vector is definitely more uncommon than shit particles on the food.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    The rinse also gets rid of any bugs that might have hitched a ride. There's some nasty parasites you can completely avoid just by rinsing your produce

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    The thing to always consider is the probability of the risk.

    You're technically not supposed to reheat rice because the toxins produced by bacteria that feed on rice aren't destroyed by the temperatures you achieve though reheating.

    But the risk is really quite low, to the extent that someone could reheat rice frequently throughout their life and never get sick.

    This is true for a lot of food safety issues. Or really safety issues in general. For an individual the risk is pretty low, but for a place like a restaurant it's much higher due to volume.

    I also have doubts that simply rinsing produce with water is a truly effective method of removing bacteria. If you think about it, would you consider only rinsing off your hands with water after taking a shit be sufficient?

    In all of the restaurants I've worked in we had to use a specific washing solution for cleaning produce.

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  • [–] 22 points 10 months ago

    What is this? The new anti vax movement?

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  • [–] 14 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    So they died from E. coli? Sounds rough.

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Why did he strip him naked?

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago

    He's white as a sheet. He ded.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Blueberries? Is this another of those things that I'm not American enough to understand?

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (6 children)

    I rinse everything then let it float in diluted vinegar for a bit then dry it in the salad spinner before putting it in fridge or other storage depending on what it is. If I'm out of vinegar I'll use the peracetic acid I have for sanitizing my kegs.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    I use vinegar for cleaning it's cheap and cheerful

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    I mostly use vinegar for that reason. I had a 20 gal of 70% ish vinegar that I was diluting for a long time but I can't seem to source that any more so I have to get the standard jugs and just use the diluted paa when I run out and don't feel like going to the store.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

    I have kitchen towels for drying, but it's a pain for large volumes. Does the spinner do a good job?

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago*

    yeah its pretty great. things that don't get damaged I'll also spin them in it while full of vinegar water or the sanitizer and I dont have to keep buying paper towel or laundering towels. works obviously for salad but anything that fits will get mostly dried even if it has lots of bumps and crevices. I've done everything from leaves to fruits to potatoes and ginger. its basically that theme park ride that spins and you get stuck to the wall but its a grate so liquid goes through and pools under the basket.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (8 children)

    We're supposed to do what now?

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  • [–] 40 points 10 months ago (6 children)

    Seriously, you need to wash any fruit or vegetable that you don't peel first or you'll be eating pesticides

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  • [–] 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Or dirt and dust, or animal sneeze, or bird poop.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago

    I'd recommend washing berries with a mix of water and vinegar. They last much longer. Often the punnets have air holes or rinshign holes already so you can just submerge the fruit without unpacking and let it air dry after removal.

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