There is frequent pollution of radish vines in the United States. Taiwan radish vines do not use livestock water and check the number of Escherichia coli to ensure food safety.

2 sharing

The large-scale outbreak of radish lettuce in the United States has been contaminated by hemorrhagic E. coli for three consecutive years, which is suspected to be related to the pollution caused by farmers diverting livestock water to irrigate the lettuce. How can the risk be avoided in Taiwan?

The "Mailiao Fruit and vegetable production Co-operative in Yunlin County," a major lettuce producer in China, states that in order to avoid pollution, farmers need to be 250 meters away from animal husbandry, and farmers are not allowed to irrigate livestock waste water, and they need to check the number of E. coli bacteria before shipment to ensure food safety. Organic farmer Qiu Ronghan says that the organic certification in the United States allows the use of livestock manure, but Taiwan does not allow it, and even if chicken manure is added to organic manure bought in China, it must be completely fermented and dried, which can reduce the risk of E. coli contamination.