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Found lettuce on my sandwich that had a brown slightly slimy spot. removed it and ate the sandwich. will i get sick from cross contamination?
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Food poisoning...: Usually food poisoning symptoms develop within the first couple of hours after ingestion. Based on what you are describing this should not affect you. If it was contaminated you should have symptoms by now. If that was the case plenty of fluids and rest most of the time helps. In cases where the people gets very sick then they should be seen.If no symptoms then there is nothing to worry about.
Answered 1/28/2015
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