Food pickers and the virus

What Lincs situation, biba70?

www.food.gov.uk/safety-hygiene/e-coli

Cooking does kill E Coli.

And yet- I bet there will be much less of an uproar about the Lincs situation, as compared to the Leicester one. Wonder why hmmm?

I think I will wait until there is more information before making a judgement.

Many of these farms have horrible living conditions and that’s not jumping to conclusions merlotgran it’s a fact it doesn’t mean this one had, but chances are it’s the living conditions that have caused it just like the meat packaging factory in Germany that housed Immigrant workers in very poor conditions and I believe the poorly paid factory workers in Leicester
Surely a jacket potato that has been cooked either blasted in a microwave or cooked in an oven would not have any virus left on it I always eat the jacket

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8514781/73-workers-test-positive-coronavirus-Herefordshire-veg-farm-200-staff-forced-isolate.html

The workers are living in static caravans with shared washing, toilet and kitchen facilities.

There was an outbreak of E.Coli about 12 years ago when we were being advised to wash all fruit, salads and veg in a weak solution of Milton. Once rinsed, I couldn't taste it.

Not sure if soap and water would be enough to kill E.Coli.

The farm is in Hereford.

Please don't jump to conclusions about insanitary conditions although social distancing might be difficult.

Was this in Lincolnshire? Conditions there are historically notoriously bad.

i know some people always wash F&V in a solution of washing up liquid, then rinse.
probably a good idea anyway. there are some nasties, is it e-coli which are carried in soil and not destroyed by cooking.
another reason to be v careful if eating shop-bought jacket potatoes; maybe scoop out contents and fleshy part of potato but leave the skin.
the pickers are crammed in to sheds/ caravans, really expoited. that's why locals won't do it. below min wage.
a kentish girl enquired and agreed to work for min wage; then told she must pay big chunk of it for accomm on site. she said i don't need that i live down the road.
then we don't need you, was the answer.

I always wash my fruit and veg in cold running water before cooking (the veg) then I wash my hands.

There have been several outbreaks of coronavirus in food processing factories as well. The migrant workers are treated very badly with overcrowded accommodation and no social distancing. They stand side by side very close together when working so no wonder the virus is rife.

I assume fruit and vegetables may be contaminated even in non Covid times, and always wash them before use.

There is more risk for the pickers I would think, probably living in close proximity to one another.

Broccoli and potatoes are cooked, tomatoes can be washed.

Not so easy for the poor migrant workers who may have been housed in crowded insanitary conditions with I suspect, precious little opportunity for social distancing.