People Should Wash Avocados, 17 Percent Have Listeria on Peel, Says FDA

People Should Wash Avocados, 17 Percent Have Listeria on Peel, Says FDA
Avocados in a file photo. Benjamin Chasteen/The Epoch Times
Zachary Stieber
By Zachary Stieber, Senior Reporter
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Consumers should wash avocados before cutting them open to prevent listeria from the peel contaminating the green pulp, according to U.S. authorities.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched a test of fresh avocados in 2014 as part of its new approach to test large numbers of samples from targeted foods over a short period to gather important data.

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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