What causes salmonella in lettuce?

Answer 1

How does salmonella get in vegetables like tomatoes and lettuce?

Vegetables can come into contact with contaminated water through irrigation. Also through fertilizing, using animal or human feces. A bacteria-carrying person who forgets to wash their hands before food preparation can contaminate vegetables. Vegetables can also become contaminated if placed in close proximity to or mixed with raw poultry, meat or eggs, and unpasteurized milk.

Answer 2

A rod shaped, Gram negative Bacterium called Salmonella enteric is generally accredited with salmonellosis, however, other species and serotypes may also produce the symptoms of salmonellosis.

Answer 3

Salmonella is a living organism, a bacterial pathogen. If it is present ON lettuce, it got there because someone infected with Salmonella handled the lettuce without observing proper hygiene procedures (washing their hands and wearing protective gloves for food preparation) or by cross contamination in the water the salad was washed in - poor hygiene in the kitchen or farm.

Answer 4

poisoning caused by ingesting subtances,such as certain mushrooms,that contain natural toxins.