Pre-cut vegetables and frozen vegetables…

Pre-cut vegetables and frozen vegetables…

QUESTION:

Pre-cut vegetables I read recently that any pre-cut vegetables must be chemically washed (per Australian guidelines) before being packaged and sold. Would this apply to all frozen vegetables including organic?

ANSWER:

Pre cut vegetables are washed in chlorinated water to disinfect and thereby reduced the number of micro-organisms present on raw fruit and vegetables.

My understanding is that the process for frozen vegetables is different – the fruit and vegetables are blanched in scalding water before freezing. The blanching processes cleanses the surface of dirt and organisms.

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