Washing avocados! the FDA recommends cleaning the fruit before eating it
date:Dec 24, 2018
Do you wash an avocado before eating it? According to a recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) report, you should, because the skin of the fruit could contain trace amounts of Listeria monocytogenes.

In a report released earlier this month, the FDA announced the results of a 2014-2016 study where researchers tested more than 1,000 imported and domestic avocado skins for the presence of Listeria monocytogenes.

By the end, the FDA concluded Listeria monocytogenes were present on the skin

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