5 Types of Fruits and Vegetables Least Likely to Carry Cyclospora
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Sara Tercero loves salads. She consumes two packets of salad — mainly with kale — every week. As a gastronomic influence, she publishes her favorite salad recipes on her website. She plans to launch a cookbook next year, entitled Salad Queen. But as the number of infections linked to lettuce by Cyclospora has skyrocketed to a record level, Tercero has ended his relationship with all green leafy vegetables. “I went to the supermarket yesterday an…
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BizTocAs cyclosporiasis spreads, America says no thanks to salads
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5 Types of Fruits and Vegetables Least Likely to Carry Cyclospora
Fruits and veggies you can peel and cook are safer from Cyclospora.Credit: Nungning20 / Getty ImagesThe current cyclopsorasis outbreak may have you rethink what produce you should avoid. While iceberg lettuce is a potential source of the outbreak, investigators have not been able to confirm it. No produce is 100% safe from Cyclospora circulating in the food system, but certain fruits and vegetables pose a lower risk.1. Peelable FruitsFruits you …
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