What are the best methods of killing salmonella? Does cooking kill the bacteria on vegetables?
The best way is to wash your hands, as well as all preparation surfaces and utensils that have previously come into contact with raw poultry, meat, and eggs, before preparing vegetables. Washing vegetables well should be enough to kill salmonella. By cooking any food product, including vegetables, the risk of contracting a bacteria-related infection goes down tremendously; however, is not eliminated. • What advice can you give people who like to eat their vegetables raw? The best advice is again to wash your hands before contact with vegetables and to keep the raw vegetables far away from possibly contaminated foods and surfaces, such as raw poultry, meat and eggs, and the cooking surfaces they have touched. • What can cause a widespread outbreak of salmonellosis? Bacteria-carrying animals or even produce workers could be responsible for the contamination. • If left untreated, is a salmonella infection fatal? Most cases of salmonella infections are not fatal. The odds of fatality incre
