Eating a diet that includes plenty of fruits and vegetables, is a key to good health. Fruits and veggies are loaded with good-for-you vitamins and minerals. However, to stay healthy, it's crucial to ...

(NEXSTAR) – How you treat your produce after you get home from the store could be exposing you to bacteria that cause foodborne illness, experts say. In some cases it’s not how, but what gets washed.

It is important to handle fruits and vegetables (and all foods) properly to prevent food poisoning. Food poisoning, also called foodborne illness, is caused by eating food that contains bacteria or ...

Cleaning vegetables and fruit with water can help reduce bacteria and residues. Most produce can simply be scrubbed lightly. For foods with more ridges or crevices, you can swish them in a bowl of ...

Washing fruits and vegetables thoroughly is crucial, as normal running water may not remove all dirt, germs, and pesticides.

A recent column on the Environmental Working Group’s list of fruits and vegetables with the most and least pesticides generated some reader comments. Most wondered if washing eliminates any pesticides ...

Vegetables are really good for your health, but if you don't wash them right they can be harbingers of illness. We give you the right way to wash vegetables. Full of vitamins, minerals and fiber, ...

Every weekly grocery shopping episode ends with people emptying the items out of the grocery bag and starting to give the fresh produce a quick bath. One might think that the water will rinse away ...

Washing vegetables in cool, running water is the safest and most effective method for removing dirt and bacteria, according to food safety experts. Hot water can damage produce, alter flavour, and ...

Adequately washing fresh fruit and vegetables is Cooking 101, but does soaking produce really make it safer to eat? A video of aphids crawling over a bowl of broccoli has gone viral on TikTok, ...

(NEXSTAR) – How you treat your produce after you get home from the store could be exposing you to bacteria that cause foodborne illness, experts say. Get the latest news, weather, sports and ...