{"id":14935,"date":"2019-09-04T06:55:33","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T11:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodsafetytrainingcertification.com\/?p=14935"},"modified":"2019-09-04T06:55:33","modified_gmt":"2019-09-04T11:55:33","slug":"food-safety-produce-garden-flooding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/foodsafetytrainingcourses.com\/blog\/articles\/food-safety-news\/food-safety-produce-garden-flooding\/","title":{"rendered":"Produce Exposed to Flood Waters is Not Safe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Produce cannot safely be salvaged in flooded areas.\u00a0 According to the FDA, if the edible portion of a crop is exposed to flood waters, it is considered adulterated and is not safe for human consumption. It\u2019s also also usually unacceptable as animal food.
\nHeavy rains followed by flooding can negatively affect plants and vegetables in a crop or garden. Flood waters can be contaminated with oil, heavy metals, toxic chemicals, raw sewage, farm animal waste, agricultural run-off, pathogens, bacteria and other biohazards – and can create foodborne illness or food poisoning.<\/p>\n

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FDA Recommendation – Flooded Produce<\/h3>\n

According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA),\u00a0<\/a>if a garden has been exposed to floodwater, human and foodborne pathogens such as norovirus, Salmonella<\/em>, pathogenic E. coli<\/em>, Hepatitis A, Giardia and Cryptosporidium, have also likely been introduced into the garden.
\nThus, the FDA considers crops and gardens – where the edible portion has come in contact with flood waters – to be \u2018adulterated\u2019 and not to be sold or consumed.
\nFollowing FDA guidelines, growers should discard all crops that have edible portions that have come in contact with flood water.<\/p>\n

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Produce cannot safely be salvaged in flooded areas<\/h3>\n

Numerous federal and state health and agriculture websites, as well as colleges and universities, advise against trying to salvage vegetables or fruits from gardens or fields that were under floodwaters.<\/p>\n

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