On a side note, they say e-coli is transmitted in foods not thoroughly cooked, but they say cooking the offending spinach is not a solution. Why not?
2007-03-21 18:01:34 · 5 answers · asked by busterhorseteeth 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
It's probably more of a legal answer. If they say it's ok to cook and eat the infected spinach, and someone, for some reason, gets sick from it, they are liable. Frozen spinach is cooked at the processing plant with FDA regulations where they know its thuroughly cooked.
2007-03-21 18:12:12 · answer #1 · answered by Ao Kiji 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Most of the time, the foods aren't fully examined before they are shipped to the grocery store and there would be no way to find out if the fresh spinach is actually safe to eat or not.
2007-03-25 07:37:12 · answer #2 · answered by Roxas of Organization 13 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Frozen spinach is fresh spinach that is washed and then dropped into boiling water for a few minutes to "blanch" it prior to freezing; this would kill germs and bacteria.
Fresh spinach is not washed or not washed well enough.
2007-03-21 18:11:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
frozen is likely to be ok because: when spinach (or other fruit/veg) is frozen the bacteria is most likey to die. by freezing them they go retarted, if u know what i mean. and bacteria only has the ability to reproduce in a temperature zone of btween 5 and 60 degrees celcius. so frozen foods cant be inc in this temperature frame.
2007-03-21 20:32:55 · answer #4 · answered by Amz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The affected spinach is from a certian time period, most of the frozen was proccessed way before those dates every came around.
2007-03-21 18:10:53 · answer #5 · answered by fyrechick 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋