OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> "Dee Randall" wrote:
> > "Christopher Helms" wrote:
> > > <RJ> wrote:
> > >> I got the container from the fridge,
> > >> and had a delightful breakfast of chilled, cubed cantaloupe.
> > >>
> > >> Within two hours, I was regretting breakfast !
> > >> I spent the rest of the day, rushing to the bathroom.
> > >>
> > >> Today, feeling much better, ( but 5 pounds lighter )
> > >> I pondered ; "What happened ? "
> > >
> > >
> > > "Within two hours" is awfully quick. Maybe it was someting you ate the
> > > day before. Not every nasty thing that makes you sick acts that
> > > quickly.
> >
> > Are you that sure?
> > I feel queezy and a lot of gas almost immediately after eating certain
> > things. I've drank coffee in restaurants that I've had the stomach cramps
> > and diarrhea almost as soon as.
>
> That's food sensitivities, not food poisoning. ;-)

Not so fast there. Produce can easily be contaminated from being grown
near to run off and animal waste. As diligent as inspectors are there
are still more than a few instances where imported produce is rife with
harmful bacteria... much produce consumed in the US comes from Mexco,
often it is grown near septic fields or in direct contact with
animal/human waste. Plenty of home gardeners in the US plant too near
a septic field, their's and/or their neighbor's. In times of heavy
spring rains and when flooding occurs much of the run off is coliform
contaminated, and therefore so are resultant crops.

http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/pub..._NO_115=131175

Btw, those with home gardens be diligent with irigation, do not water
in such a way that forceful spray splashes from the ground onto plants,
instead use soaker hoses and drip systems.

Sheldon