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[otohara]

but in reading about the dirtiest foods list, the only fruits listed were Cantaloupe and Peaches.

Cantaloupe

The dirt: File this under "Who knew?" When the FDA sampled domestically grown cantaloupe, it found that 3.5 percent of the melons carried Salmonella and Shigella, the latter a bacteria normally passed person-to-person. Among imported cantaloupe, 7 percent tested positive for both bugs. And because you eat melons raw, the bacteria go right down your gullet. That's a big part of the reason why from 1990 to 2001, produce in general has sickened as many people as have beef and poultry combined.http://www.foodpoisonjournal.com/food-poisoning-watch/10-potentially-contaminated-foods/

I'll be washing all my cantaloupes in the future.