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.