"andy ston" > wrote in message
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> Recently seeing someone sprout some mung beans in a jar at home, we
> thought
> we would have a go. But we have just seen printed on a Waitrose packet of
> already sprouted beans, that they are not to be eaten raw.
>
> Yet we are told from other popular sources, that when raw they contain the
> most nutrients.
>
> As far as we understand it, most health problems are likely to come from
> fields where fecal matter is used as fertilizer.
>
> We have found all the dried mung beans that we can see sold from
> Supermarkets and Health food shops in our area in North London (U.K.) are
> coming from China.
>
> Is there a period of time that if we kept the dried beans for, any
> bacteria
> such as e-coli and salmonella etc etc would not survive this dry
> environment, and thus would be safe to sprout eat raw.
>
> If not, is there anything else we can to with the dried beans to eat raw
> sprouts them safely? Thanks.

From what I have heard/read, there is no safe way to grow them. I used to
grow my own. No matter how careful you are, you can still get food
poisoning.