Fridge salad drawers may contain on average more than 750 times the level of bacteria considered to be “clean”, according to new research. Tests carried out for Microban Europe, Cannock, Staffordshire, showed that the salad drawers of 30 home fridges had an average of 7,850 bacteria colony forming units per square centimetre. Some fridges from which swabs were taken had as many as 129,000 cfu/cm2. This compares to standard recommendations for “clean” food as no more than 10 cfu/cm2.
Well our salad drawer, before I cleaned it recently probably had enough cfu/cm2’s to pay off the Greek debt crisis if they’d been convertible into Euros. It was like a fresh veg compost heap with pristine carrots and a cauliflower on top of a soup of merged unrecognisables. So it’s nice to know I should pay more frequent attention to our bottom drawer. I should rise to the challenge of bending down more often; plan it in as part of my exercise routine. Maybe then we’ll suffer from the green pimples and purple scabs of e.coli less often. This raises an important point that’s eluding me at the moment. Something to do with Strictly. Ah yes Nancy Dell,Olio. Is she suffering from faulty translation software, terminal cognitive vacuity or salmonella? I mean if she cleaned out her salad drawer might she make more sense in English? When asked what she did, a question about as taxing as asking your name, she said, “I network and do deals.” It would sound impressive if it weren’t for the fact she would have trouble ordering a pizza. So might it be that the actual Greek debt crisis and ensuing world economic implosion is due to all the deal-doing networkers having bacteria filled salad drawers? Forget Quantitative Easing people, clean your fridge!
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