Anyone know if organic grown vegetables are fertilized with manure which spreads salmonella?

Question

Anyone know if organic grown vegetables are fertilized with manure which spreads salmonella?

Answer 1

Salmonella infection usually occurs in the handling, packaging or transport of food. I compost down fresh manure before putting it on the garden. This should prevent any possibility of contamination.

Answer 2

Check out www.treehugger.com, in there you will find that the tag of Organic is very difficult to get.  It means that whatever touches the end product has to be organic as well.  In my opinion, if your organic vegetable are fertilized with manure, it is most likely NOT tinted with Salmonella.

Sorry, if that did not answer your very good question.

Answer 3

They can be, just like inorganic fruits/vegetables.  If you wash whatever it is you're eating properly however it's an extremely small risk - Salmonella is on the outside of the vegetable, not the inside.

Answer 4

The question as to whether it is possible to produce food free from pesticides depends upon the circumstances relating to the position of the farm or nursery. An organic holding, surrounded by intensive farms, will be subject to the effects of spray drift, unless steps are taken to provide adequate protection in the form of field margins, protective separation and hedgerows.