New instructions, use food and drink by use by date!

It was a long time ago. But I think we put some sort of tablet in the water; bit like bleach. I once cut my finger really badly [still got a scar in fact] and nobody was worried about my finger, just the fact that I'd contaminated the lettuce. I now buy little gem lettuce and soak it in salt and vinegar. Bean sprouts are quite dangerous, too, I believe so bags of stir fry have to be cooked thoroughly.

I m not sure how I ve lived to 80

I’ve wondered how sterilising worked too. I try to wash fruit throughly and wonder how restaurants etc clean salads/fruits because it takes me long enough just washing a bowl of leaves including the ‘pre washed ‘ bags.

How did you do that MayBee70?

When I worked at the airport for in flight catering we had to thoroughly sterilise the lettuce.

I never buy pre washed bagged salads- always fresh and I wash, check and spin dry. Takes so little time.

WASHING salad leaves is a given
Plus, old fashioned hand washing.

Sorry not new, just reminder on taking care due to
E.coli infections rise due to salad leaf outbreaks news.