The sanitary conditions of vegetables processing or packaging plant also has an important role. The equipment used by workers, such as bins or knives, may contaminate vegetables. Scientists have been trying to design machines that can decontaminate vegetables. Today farmers use chlorine and sanitizer in water to prevent any contaminations of vegetables. However, too much chlorine may cause massive contamination.
Water used in the spraying of the vegetables might contaminate vegetable products because this water could contain pathogens. Wild animals sometimes walk around in the fields and germs from the feces of these animals could also contaminate vegetables.
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Salad Doubts by Aimee Cunningham
Vegetables: The Hazard
Test Your Knowledge!
What do farmers do to clean their vegetables?
A. Use chlorine
B. Use sanitizer
C. Use chlorine and sanitizer
