TEXAS: February 15-Leger’s restaurant report - (KFDM News)
February 15, 2008 – 4:59 pmAll week viewers have been contacting us concerning internet reports of a study that found a majority of lemons served with drinks in restaurants were contamined with bacteria that can make you sick. We confirmed the results of the study with the New Jersey microbiologist who conducted the research. Here’s what she found.
Lemon Study
69.7% Bacterial Growth (including fecal)
30.3% No Bacterial Growth
Source: Anne LaGrange Loving, M.S., M.(A.S.C.P.)
A microbiologist from New Jersey tested 76 lemons from 21 different restaurants and found that almost 70 percent of them were contaminated with bacteria including fecal bacteria, which can make you very sick.
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