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Should i be washing avocados before eating them while pregnant. what's the chance of listeria if the outside uneaten part hasn't been washed?
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Mgt: I would recommend washing all produce and cooking meat well to avoid pathogenic bacterial infections.
Answered 4/25/2016
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