Food poisoning from vegetables

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I was up in the night very poorly with abdominal cramps, sickness and sweating etc. I’m 99% sure this was due to poorly cleaned carrots - I was rushing yesterday and didn’t peel / clean them properly.

Has anyone experienced this with veg/fruit before? I’ve had to take a day off after being so unwell last night. 🥕

It's probably more likely to be a virus you have picked up from another person than from carrots.

The Jerusalem artichokes we had at Christmas really disagreed with me. I hadn’t thought it was dirt or food poisoning as such but it might have been

I really doubt it was the carrots.

Yes. You have to wash vegetables and fruit before eating them. It isn’t food poisoning (bad food) but usually it is food contamination (bad food hygiene) that makes you sick from vegetables or fruit.

It is possible to get food poisoning from vegetables or fruit when they are grown in unsanitary conditions.

Did you eat them raw?

Had this with bean spouts once. A friend had been sprouting them and didn’t realise (as he hadn’t bothered to read the instructions properly) that the water had to be changed regularly. They were rank, even after cooking, and made everyone who ate them violently ill.
Vegetables that haven’t been properly cleaned can also make people sick. There’s all kinds of bacteria in soil!

Well I never clean a carrot and rarely peel them. Popping them in boiling liquid will kill the germs.
It's possible if you ate a raw one that it might have a bug on it.....although I do get tummy ache if I eat a lot of raw carrot. But not the sweats.
How do you feel now?

https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/foods-linked-illness.html#:~:text=Sometimes%20raw%20fruits%20and%20vegetables,not%20eat%20unwashed%20fresh%20produce.

I don't know why people assume it's not vegetables. It could be, but I don't know how you would find out.

You can get e coli, salmonella and listeria from vegetables.

Did you eat them raw or cook them?

I don't wash or peel carrots. I reckon you had a bug.

Yes, the people picking/packing them often have dubious conditions.

No toilets onsite etc. Big thing about it in Spain.

Forgot to add, yes I did eat them raw 😩

But carrots seems odd...

Oh, well where were they from?

My understanding is that it’s hard to get poisoning from commercial/supermarket veg but you have to be careful with home grown. I’ve know a few people who were sick from home grown courgettes.

Can’t remember where I read it but I was told that carrots and grapes were very important to wash thoroughly before giving to children during weaning

You might get myxomatosis /s

Jerusalem artichokes are known in the trade as 'fartichokes'... If that helps reassure you in any way. They are well known for causing outrageous amounts of wind which can build up painfully.

Water stressed courgettes can produce Cucurbitacin E which can cause serious food poisoning.

Waitrose..next time I’ll definitely wash them much better / boil them.

@Mumdiva99 me too - but I don't ever eat raw carrot- I always steam

Christ now I'm scared of veg! How am
i supposed to know if my courgette is water stressed? 🤦🏻‍♀️

I thought the courgetteproblems were caused by people who had grown decorative squashes and courgettes and then kept the courgette seeds to grow plants for the following year. You must buy seeds/plants from a reliable source for courgettes
Bean sprouts are a much higher than average risk for food poisoning

You shouldn't save seed from courgettes (or squashes, etc), they may not grow true to type and the 'sports' may be poisonous. Always buy commercial seeds. Even more likely to be a problem if you grow squashes as well they will cross pollinate with courgettes and the resultant seeds can produce plants with poisonous fruit.

Edit: If the courgette tastes bitter (only touch to lips even small amounts will make you ill) don't eat it.