Why washing your fruit and vegetables won’t save you from the parasite causing ‘watery diarrhea’

Why washing your fruit and vegetables won’t save you from the parasite causing ‘watery diarrhea’

The gastrointestinal disease that has reportedly sickened thousands in more than half of U.S. states could possibly be in Canada, but there hasn’t been an outbreak because we’re not detecting it, says a Canadian food safety expert. Though Canadian public health officials haven’t noted an increase in cases of cyclosporiasis, “it could be an ‘if you don’t look, you don’t find’ sort of thing,” says Keith Warriner, a professor at the University of Guelph’s department of food science. Read More  Read More National Post 

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