Many people are working on a healthier life style. Their diets include fresh fruit and vegetables and fresh juices. Some people are going out of their way to promote the juicing of fresh fruits and vegetables. But what is the risk for food borne illness when it comes these juice products?
In the United States most of the juices sold commercially are processed or pasteurized to kill harmful food borne illness bacteria. But if the fruits and vegetables are “fresh-squeezed” into juice there is the risk of harmful food borne illness bacteria being in the finished product.
There are some grocery stores, health food stores, cider mills, and farm markets that sell packages and containers of juice that was made on site. These juices were not pasteurized or treated to kill harmful food borne illness bacteria. This could be a food borne illness waiting to happen.
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