So I’m hyper sensitive to a preservative that some restaurants use. I figured this out thanks to our work cafeteria that spray the items in the salad bar with it. Since the effects are rather immediate, I figured it out by eating plain salad with no dressing to confirm that’s what my “allergy” is. It’s definitely something sprayed on produce to keep it fresher. Luckily I don’t run into it much at restaurants, and we try to limit how much we eat out anyway. But some of them also get blacklisted.
I haven’t run into it much with groceries – thank goodness. The odd time I do, but rare enough I don’t need to worry. However this week’s possible discovery is notable. I bought a bag of *organic* plums from Safeway. Little stickers on all of them that were marked organic. And after eating each plum in the bag, last time not eating anything else that could have done it, I had my allergic reaction. So it seems likely that Safeway (on La Playa in San Francisco) has perhaps sprayed their organic produce with a preservative.
Doesn’t this somewhat negate the POINT of organic stuff? The preservatives? The spraying of crap onto the nice “healthy” item? And the point of posting -in the unlikely event anyone is reading this- does anyone know of how common this is? Or whether this is even allowed on certified organic produce?
Thank goodness they were on sale, but I’m certainly not impressed.