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Article: How Salmonella bacteria infect salad leaves
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- The Hindustan Times
- Article date:
- September 3, 2008
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Washington, Sept. 3 -- A new study has revealed how Salmonella bacteria can cause food poisoning by attaching to salad leaves.
The study shows how some Salmonella bacteria use the long stringy appendages they normally use to help them 'swim' and move about to attach themselves to salad leaves and other vegetables, causing contamination and a health risk.
Usually food poisoning from Salmonella and E. coli is linked with eating contaminated bovine or chicken products, as the pathogens live in the guts of cows and the guts and egg-ducts of chickens, and contamination of meat can occur during the slaughtering process.
But, ...