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What is the cause of salmonella?My garden-grown vegetables are safe from salmonella, right?
When growing your own vegetables, do you have to worry about salmonella
Yes..they are safe as long you are not added untreated ''waste'' to your soil. Salmonella is a bacteria that is introduced by animal waste or runoff. Vegetables cannot carry salmonella on their own.
When growing your own vegetables, do you have to worry about salmonella
Salmonella & Escherichia coli (or e.coli) r passed on to edible plants when manure (of any kind) has one or both bacteria & has not been properly composted but is used as fertilizer anyway. The bacterium goes into the soil & is taken up by the plants through vascular absorption (or systemically) & is INSIDE the plant & fruit or vegetable tissue - so the bacteria cannot be washed off.
If u use chemical fertilizers, none at all or properly heated manure compost – & there r any harmful organisms in the manure they will be killed by the heat (during proper heat composting) & using the compost is fine. You still should wash all ur fruits & vegetables before consuming them ;-). I hope this information was helpful.
When growing your own vegetables, do you have to worry about salmonella
Salmonella, like hepatitus, is a feces caused disease, that primarily comes from meat that has not been washed or that has unduly had manure all over it. Poor butchering habits & unclean habits of care for animals is what it comes from.
It can get swabbed all over other surfaces & cause a deadly illness.
CLEANLINESS with ur vegies is a must. Do not use any human urine, or animal manures around them. It is different on a farm, for they allow time for the manure to set into the soil, & time for the PH to change, they turn the soil, & it puts nitrogen in it, & then when the soil is ready they plant. In some foreign countries, this illness is quite common, because of the feces & it gets all over everything.
Too often we busy folk r not patient enough with our gardens. If u do not have the expertise, seek it out. Go to the Food & Drug Administration web site to get further help.
When growing your own vegetables, do you have to worry about salmonella
It should be safe. To make sure you do not ingest anything, keep any human or animal waste away from your produce. Try to harvest it attached to the vine/stem to prevent any lesions on the surface and then wash it thoroughly before eating.
When growing your own vegetables, do you have to worry about salmonella
Unless you or someone uses your garden for human or animal waste its safe. The manure you buy in stores in sterilized. The market problems is often a matter of better supervision of farm workers.