"Reg" > wrote in message
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> Jeff wrote:
>
> > The hepatitis was not from green onions. It was from hepatits A, which
is a
> > virus. The virus *might* have contaminated the green onions, but the
green
> > onions themselves did not cause the illness.
>
> And how is that an important distinction?

I think very important. The green onions themselves are healthy. For
example, there is no need to avoid eating green onions you grow yourself.

> > It is quite possible that whatever was contaminated was contaminated
before
> > it reached the restaurant.
>
> Or not.
>
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