Cucumbers e coli?

J_J_Carter

Beanz meanz death

foxgloves

Not a problem here. Picked our first homegrown cucumber beginning of last week, followed by another 2, two more going to be ready this week, & about another next week by the looks of things,......variety is 'Tiffany', seem earlier than previous types I've grown, particularly to get such an early glut, but never mind, it's lovely juicy cuke & we're eating it with just about everything!

kaya

please people , ecoli does not grow in , on or around any vegetables, somebody who handles/picks veggies didnt wash their hands properly after doing a poo, the poo from their hands got onto the vegetables they were touching, somebody ate the vegetables without washing them properly and hence ingested some of the persons poo, its that simple, cucumbers, beansprouts or any other vegetable do NOT contain ecoli, ecoli grows in the intestine of mammals, vegetables are not mammals and cannot grow ecoli, stop believing all the carp that you hear/read/see in the media/press , cucumbers are no less safe to eat now than they were a month ago, follow basic food hygene and always wash your veg properly before eating and you will all live to speculate and read the daily mail for many years to come

Viper_7

Farway wrote: »

Because it is a biological fact, e-coli is not in vegetable or fruit, it is of animal origin and thus can only be on the skin, not inside,the molecules just cannot get in, ever heard of a cucumber having measles, malaria, typhoid or TB?

Until it mutates... it's not a fact at all. That's why new diseases come out almost daily. Facts are only good for today, there is always something new for tomorrow.

Feel free washing your vegs all day long it won't remove the nasty little bugs.

pineapple

kaya wrote: »

please people , ecoli does not grow in , on or around any vegetables

E Coli can indeed be 'inside the veg'.
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2011/06/04/washing-produce-wont-necessarily-get-rid-of-e-coli/
Much depends on the growing methods ie whether the water or compost etc was contaminated. In the case of the suspect bean sprouts, it could have been inside.
http://www.huliq.com/12079/bean-sprouts-suspected-source-e-coli-outbreak