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[Sweet Kitties]

There's a recall in Grimwald Farms carrots. They're sold under many brands, such as Trader Joe's, Whole Foods 365, Target, etc. The recall is for whole unpeeled & also baby carrots. They were selling them since August. The last batch they sold was at the end of October. After people got sick with EColi they finally recalled them. I would think most of the carrots have already been consumed. But if you have a batch of older carrots, I would recommend you checking out if they're on the recall list. I didn't know about the recall until last night, when I got an email from Whole Foods. 

I'm going to stop eating raw vegetables. I'll still eat vegetables, but I'll roast or saute them. Instead of fresh salad greens, I'll use cooked spinach, broccoli, kale, or cabbage. There's always so many recalls. I don't feel safe eating raw veggies anymore.

[beckyb1012]

I saw this report on the news before work on Monday morning.  I used to eat those mini carrots daily for my work day lunch back in the early 2000's.  Hopefully they can get this cleaned up soon.  I think they said 15 or 18 people had become ill.  

[MamaWick]

My deer carrots are okay...whew

[goldensrbest]

Wash your veggies, i assume that would remove e coli?

[Estellee]

It's the organic one that is a problem, right?

[millieshops]

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@goldensrbest wrote:

Wash your veggies, i assume that would remove e coli?

I Googled and based on what I read, if I had organic carrots in the house, I'd toss them.   Washing apparently isn't really effective against e-coli.

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[BlueFinch]

Washing vegetables won't eliminate e-coli. Washing mostly just lessens waxes, dirt, bugs and pesticides we don't want to eat.

For example, I opened a bag of romaine lettuce this week to find a Lady Bug that I thought was dead, but it was just cold. When it warmed up, it rallied and I let it go outside. It didn't stop me from rinsing the lettuce off and eating it. I prefer my bugs to be big enough that I can see them though. Sadly, that's rarely the case.

We ingest a lot of little critters daily in multiple food sources, we just hope to avoid (potentially deadly) bacteria and viruses. But, this type of contamination is easy to happen, even with the careful, dedicated backyard gardener. It's no wonder, with our frenzied, move-the-product world, that food contamination is becoming more of an issue.  

[SilleeMee]

My friend, who was severely immunocompromised, used to soak all of his fresh fruit/veggies in a sink full of water containing an antimicrobial solution. I can't remember the name but it takes a 30-minute soak to kill bacteria and then rinse it off before eating it. Not every fruit/veggie can be disinfected. Some are too absorbent and can absorb the antimicrobial but for many others it's fine. Just read the directions on the bottle if you decide to get it.

ETA-

This is the disinfecting product, MICRODYN:

[geezerette]

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@Estellee wrote:

It's the organic one that is a problem, right?

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@Estellee 

Apparently.

I had tossed all my organic carrots the other day when I first heard the news.  Today I was in Walmart and saw they had their house brand of organic baby carrots still on the shelf, while most of the other carrots were gone.

But when I got to the checkout I wasn't allowed to purchase them.  They took the carrots and said the organic were the problem and the others were okay.  There was an abundance of Grimmway regular carrots on the shelf.  I don't think people wanted to take the chance with those even.

I did tell the checkout person that they needed to take the rest of the organic off the shelf if they aren't for sale.🙄

[Sooner]

I got my organic carrots from Natural Grocers but I tossed them anyway.  Not worth getting sick over a few carrots.