Friday, April 18, 2014

Green Veggies Are Safe In Most Cases

We know green veggies are good for you but it turns out most are safe too.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency releasing a survey that finds 99.9 per cent of leafy green vegetables tested had no detectable pathogens and were safe to consume.

The CFIA analyzed more than 4000 domestic and imported whole or fresh-cut leafy vegetable samples for salmonella, two types of e-coli and listeria.

An unsatisfactory results were subject to a food safety investigations and a more directed sampling.