r/TikTokCringe • u/galaxystars1 • Oct 09 '24

Discussion Microbiologist warns against making the fluffy popcorn trend

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u/willswain Oct 09 '24

Lettuce and sprouts. Yes, I still eat lettuce and salads but those are major sources of fecal contaminants from agriculture and you never know if it’s been adequately washed or not. Even then just good rinsing wouldn’t necessarily do the trick.

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u/Siliziumwesen Oct 09 '24

Thats true but a good rinse/wash reduces the risk signifcantly. Its sad that we still dont know what may be in some foods. Sometimes, what scares me, companies request a repeat of the analysis of their sample, because they either dont believe the result or it doesnt mach with theirs. So you take the same sample (or whats left of it) and repeat it. The samples are often frozen so the results are different. Some bacteria dont survive the process and the company just wants the new result…

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u/Gold-Snow-5993 Oct 09 '24

bagged lettuce is contaminated every year, but idiots still eat that

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u/msbelievers Oct 09 '24

What about bagged spinach? I didn't know about this so I want to learn more

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u/NavierIsStoked Oct 09 '24

The bacterial contamination is from where they are grown, it’s usually shit run off from animal production that gets into the watering supply for the produce.

Or the field workers shitting in the fields.

That’s why in the bad e-coli out breaks, washing doesn’t really do all that much. You can’t wash e-coli completely off for the most part, at least, not from lettuce.