Do YOU rinse 'washed and ready to eat' salad? Woman 誘発するs 審議 after shoppers （人命などを）奪う，主張する they've 設立する SNAILS and dead frogs in their greens before

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A woman has 誘発するd a 猛烈な／残忍な online 審議 by asking if people rinse their 'pre-washed' salad packets from supermarkets - with some shoppers （人命などを）奪う，主張するing they've 設立する snails and even frogs in their produce.

地位，任命するing to Reddit, the British shopper kicked off a discussion which saw more than 150 commenters admitting to never washing their vegetables.

'No, I can't see the point in washing a pre-washed salad if I'm honest but if you want to then go for it,' one 発言／述べるd.?

Another agreed, 追加するing: 'I don't wash it, a little bit of roughage is 罰金.'

'I don't wash any veg, pre-washed or not,' a third 明らかにする／漏らすd.?

A British woman 誘発するd 猛烈な／残忍な online 審議 when she asked if people rinse their 'pre-washed' salad packets. 在庫／株 image used

どこかよそで, a poster （人命などを）奪う，主張するd they're 'training their 免疫の system' by not washing anything.

However on the other 味方する of the divide, people 株d horror stories of the さまざまな creepy crawlies they've 設立する in their salad.

One disgusted poster 明らかにする／漏らすd that they '設立する snails in washed salad' before.

Another 追加するd that they'd 設立する 'a 血まみれの 広大な／多数の／重要な big maggot, so yes I rewash a prewashed salad.'

A fellow commenter said that they'd once discovered a 'small dead frog' in their salad.

'I was told that the mechanics of what 現実に 構成するs "washed" is a bit of a fib, so you're best to either 避ける 'pre-washed' or wash it yourself,' another chimed in.?

Other 地位，任命するs were more informative.

'Wash them then place in some ice water,' one advised. 'And you'll get a better experience, 明白に it's a bit of a hassle but for the sake of a bowl with some water and ice.

地位，任命するing to Reddit , 使用者 u/softlemon kicked off a discussion which saw more than 150 commenters admitting to never washing their vegetables and 尋問 what leafy legumes may be more dirty than others

'These and lettuces are always good after an ice bath.'?

A second 使用者 追加するd: 'I've heard you have to be careful with lettuce, 特に in the summer. 汚い bacteria can get stuck there.'?

It comes as, last year, more than 250 people had been struck 負かす／撃墜する by a virulent form of food 毒（薬）ing that may have been linked to lettuce grown in the UK.

The 事例／患者s occurred across the country through August to October, with the 十分な 詳細（に述べる）s made public by the Food 基準s 機関 (FSA) in December.

An 調査 was started by the FSA, its 相当するもの in Scotland and the UK Health 安全 機関 (UKHSA).

On the other 味方する of the divide, people 株d horror stories of the さまざまな creepy crawlies they've 設立する in their salad

FSA 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある Emily Miles told board members that the 突発／発生 of food 毒（薬）ing linked to E.coli STEC (Shiga toxin-producing E.coli) is the largest since whole genome sequencing of such bugs began in 2014.

She said: 'To date, there have been a total of 259 確認するd 事例／患者s identified in the UK with 見本 dates 範囲ing between August 23 ― October 29, 2022.

'調査s 示唆する UK-produced lettuce and salad leaves could have been 巻き込むd but it is too 早期に to be 確かな that they were the source of illness.

'The 現在進行中の 供給（する） chain 調査 is 広範囲にわたる and コンビナート／複合体, and we continue to look for the root 原因（となる） and where in the 供給（する） chain the food safety 危険 occurred.'

The problem with bugs on foods such as lettuce is that there is no cooking 過程 to kill them.

Dr Lesley Larkin, UKHSA 長，率いる of 監視, gastrointestinal 感染s and food safety, said: 'Making sure you wash your 手渡すs with soap and water is the best way to stop this bug from spreading.

'When 準備するing food make sure you 完全に wash salad, fruit, and vegetables and follow all the 安全な cooking 指示／教授／教育s for meat.'

The symptoms of E. coli 感染s often 含む 厳しい stomach cramps and diarrhoea.