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Salmonella: the sneaky germ
How to prevent salmonella from sneaking up on you

You can get Salmonella food poisoning from a chocolate bar!
Avoiding cross-contamination is the best way to prevent
salmonella from sneaking up on you. Food preparation and
handling are the major culprits, but transmission of salmonella
comes in many ways.

When most people think of salmonella food poisoning,
undercooked chicken comes to mind, but salmonella can come
from undercooked e ggs, contaminated water, raw sprouts and
even chocolate. Yes, you can get salmonella from chocolate!
Salmonella cross-contamination may come from animal and pet
contact, such as keeping chickens. Below are ways to prevent
salmonella from sneaking up on you...

How to Prevent Salmonella
Salmonella causes diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps, but
requires a clinical diagnosis to distinguish it from other illnesses.
While there isn't a vaccine to prevent salmonella, the good and
happy news is that it can resolve on its own with proper
hydration. Some people may require antibiotics, but it's usually
not needed. Here's what a prepper needs to know about
salmonella, so that it doesn't sneak up on you...

Here's how to prevent salmonella from sneaking up on you:

#1: Don't hug a chicken.
Seriously, the CDC reports eight multi-state outbreaks of
salmonella from backyard chickens. Here's the USA today article
on how not to get salmonela from your backyard chicken.

In short, if you have chickens it means you should not clean their
water or feed bowls from your kitchen. Do these tasks outdoors
for your brood and flock, so that you avoid cross-contamination in
your kitchen.

#2: Keep colloidal silver on hand.
Colloidal silver can help alleviate a nasty bout of food poisoning
so it's good to have on hand! If taken at the first signs of
trouble, colloidal silver will kill the bacteria.

Choose Advanced Cellular Silver, pictured right, which has a
broad spectrum antimicrobial and is the only immune system
support formula proven to achieve a 99.9999% complete kill
against 660 microorganisms; including Salmonella bongori*,
Candida albicans* & MRSA* and more.

Colloidal silver provides immune system support and it's great to
have on hand for a variety of emergencies.

#3: Have some anti-diarrheal medication on hand.
Salmonella is problematic because hospitalization and antibiotics
may be necessary, and there are complications, such as delayed
recovery of normal intestinal function. Worse yet, the infection
may spread to other organs in the body.

In the hospital settings, physicans will prescribe antibiotics,
antidiarrheals or glucocorticoids are used to treat symptoms of a
salmonella infection.

#4: Understand the role pre-biotics and probiotics.
Keep your digestive tract healthy and your immune system
strong with help of both prebiotics and probiotics. While most
people think only about probiotics to help the gut, they often
forget entirely about prebiotics. They work in tandem to ensure a
healthy intestinal tract.

It's really very simple:

P rebiotics nourish the good gut bacteria.
Probiotics kill the bad bacteria.

In the absence of vitamins and supplements, you can nourish
your body with good food:

Chia seeds and chocolate are good examples of prebiotics.
Apple cider and buttermilk are good examples of probiotics.

Aside from eating the right foods, what more can you do to avoid
salmonella?

#5: Cook foods thoroughly.
Undercooked foods can bring you an unhappy case of salmonella
food poisoning.

Invest in a meat thermometer to help you cook thoroughly:

steaks, roast and fish at 145 degrees,
pork, ground beef and eggs should be at 160 degrees
chicken breasts 170 degrees, and a
whole chicken or turkey at 180 degrees.

#6: Keep your cold foods cold, hot foods hot.
Don't let foods sit out for more than two hours. If you're not
going to be eating them within two hours, refrigerate them until
next time.

#7: Minimize cross contamination in the kitchen.
Always wash hands after handling meat and before cooking. Keep
meat separate from other foods. Get a fresh plate, utensil or
cutting board. It's better to fill the dishwasher than to risk
salmonella.

Steramine tablets can help you disinfect cutting boards,
work surfaces and utensils. Use steramine for food
processing equipment, sinks, countertops, cabinets,
refrigerators, stovetops, cutting boards, and all other non-
porous articles and surfaces. It works great with a cloth or
sponge and isn't harsh on hands. One tablet makes a gallon
of sanitizing solution, and one bottle of Steramine is enough
to make 150 gallons!

Glisten Dishwasher Magic is effective against Salmonella
Choleraesus. It's also an effective disinfectant against
Eschericha Coli (E. Coli). The product intensively removes
lime, rust, grease, and other build-up that affects your
dishwasher's cleaning effectiveness over time. Unlike other
machine cleaners, however, Glisten cleans, disinfects and
removes germs from even the hidden areas. Best of all
Glsten improves the cleaning performance of your
dishwasher, and is safe for plumbing and septic systems.
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#8: Wash hands often.
Wash hands with warm water for twenty seconds. After washing
your hands, turn the faucet off with a towel (or use an elbow), so
you don't reinfect yourself. Wash utensils and countertops
frequently as well, but know that your sponge can become
contaminated with bacteria.

#9: Don't eat raw eggs.
Raw eggs are a major cause of salmonella food poisoning. Your
inner Rocky can climb the stairs after eating eggs scrambled and
not raw. Skip the cookie dough, authentic ceasar salad, and
avoid sunnyside up eggs.

Another important thing to note about egss: if eggs in the carton
look slimy, they might be affected by bacteria!

#10: Throw away cracked eggs.
The entire carton or basket that has salmonella might run amuck
in the whole dozen of them. Yes, it spreads that easily, so it's
not worth the risk.

#11: Rinse grit from your fruits and vegetables.
Most people associate getting salmonella food poisoning from
meats, but it's also from the veggies. Everybody has washed a
carrot, lettuce or some other vegetable with a gritty texture.
That gritty texture carries with it the potential for salmonella!
Wash your fruits and veggies carefully.

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#12: Don't drink unpasteurized milk.
Most milk is pasteurized but there are many off-grid people who
drink unpasteurized milk.

While many homesteaders are unafraid of drinking unpasteurized
milk, it carries risk of salmonella. Mother Earth News educates
homesteaders how to pasteurize raw milk at home.

#13: Filter your water.
While water-borne salmonella is relatively rare, it happens even
in tap water. As a general matter of preparedness many preppers
have a Big Berkey water filtration system. As well bottled water
sometimes gets salmonella because it comes from tap water.

If you're concerned about a salmonella outbreak in your water
source, then get a water testing kit. Industrial Test Systems,
Inc. Quick 15 minute bacteria Test for water quality testing,
pictured right, is the fastest, easiest way to Test for bacteria in
your water. Other bacteria tests can take up to 48 hours to
produce results, wasting valuable time and money.This easy to
use dip and read Test strip detects E.Coli, species of Salmonella,
Shigella, enterobacter, klebsiella and many other coliform and
non-coliform bacteria.

While rare, it does happen that a salmonella outbreak is as a
result of the water:

Salmonella outbreak linked to tap water in Denver, Co.
(2008).

Salmonella can get into bottled water! Many people don't
realize that tap water is the source of many bottled waters,
which means salmonella can get into bottled water. Read
more about b ottled water dangers.

#14: Don't wait for proper precautions of a recall
notification.
Processed food is a major culprit of Salmonella food poisoning.
You can get salmonella from a pot pie or a salad kit; ground beef
or store bought alfalfa sprouts;

Take action and seek medical help, particularly if you think
you've eaten undercooked meat, raw eggs, or unpasteurized
milk; or if you've come into close contact with chickens or
reptiles. Also, beware that if you are at high risk, waiting could
be a fatal decision.

Here are some examples of salmonella in the news...

Freeland Foods Raw Sunflower Seeds.
Peanut Corporation of America: Peanut Butter.
P eanut butter is the perfect home for salmonella, according
to Smithsonian.com
Peanut butter has a few outbreaks of Salmonella and the
FDA encourages consumers to skip peanut butter products
for the interim.
Twinkies recalled for possible salmonella (Jan. 10, 2017)

Incidents of Salmonella in the United States
Mars recalled its Mars, Snickers and Milkway bars for fear of
salmonella food poisoning. And you can get it from your backyard
chickens or reptiles and many other ways. The CDC says that
"Salmonella is a sneaky germ!"

Multi-state recall in April of more than 200 million eggs in
Colorado, Florida, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania,
Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina.
There have been 11 people hospitalized for salmonella
related infections, but no deaths reported.

Peanut Poisoning in Georgia. Stewart Parnell, a former
peanut executive convicted for his role in a nationwide
salmonella outbreak in 2008 and 2009 that killed nine
people, is serving 28 years in prison for his role. It is the
harshest sentence anyone has received for a food related
crime.

Smoked Salmon Outbreak stemming from Greek
procesing plant. An outbreak first spotted in smoked
salmon from a company in the Netherlands contained the
bacterial strain Salmonella Thompson in October 2012.
Contamination stemmed from PVC chopping boards in a
Greek processing plant. By way of international export, the
product found its way to the United States, although no
severe cases were reported in the U.S.

Bioterrorism and voter fraud salmonella incident in
Oregon. Salmonella was a weapon of bioterroris m used by a
Buddhist cult, the Rajneeshees, when its members exposed
residents of Oregon to salmonella contamination through
coffee creamers on table tops and salad bars of a pizzeria at
a dozen restaurants in 1984. They hoped to gain political
favor by making residents too sick to vote in elections,
which would benefit their candidate. Here is more on the
strange voter fraud story tied to salmonella contamination.

#15: Are you sick? Don't cook for others.
If you have symptoms, avoid cooking food for others, so you
don't spread the illness further. Finally, know that many water
filtration products do not protect users against foodborne or
disease-causing bacteria, viruses, or germs.

If viruses or smaller bacteria are suspected, you'll need to use
your water filter in conjunction with water purifier tablets.
Pictured right, are Potable Aqua water purification tablets, which
make questionable water bacteriaiologically suitable to drink.
Preventing Salmonella. More than 1.2 million people get sick from
salmonella food poisoning in the United States annually.

#16: Get rid of ants and flies.
Pests spread illness and with salmonella, ants and flies are a
particular problem:

Don't let the ants come marching in! Did you knonw ants
can transmit infectious bacteria, including salmonella. Find
out how to get rid of ants naturally.

Protect food and food surfaces from flies. The flies will
spread salmonella through their feet. Use fly covers to help
keep your food protected. Flies spread cholera, E.Coli and
typhoid.

#17: Know all the ways salmonella spreads.
Know that food poisoning isn't the only way to get salmonella.
There are many ways Salmonella gives cause for concern:

Sloppy sanitation ~ Food can become contaminated through
the hands of an infected food handler who did not wash
hands properly with soap after using the bathroom.

Water contamination (tapwater and well water) ~ The
most common causes of water-borne diarrhea are bacteria,
such as E. coli, cholera and salmonella, which are reduced or
eliminated by Potable Aqua water purification products.

Many people don't realize also that bottled water can have

contamination. Read

bottled water dangers

Food borne contamination ~ Where will you find
salmonella? Primarily from these sources:

Beef, pork, poultry and eggs
Fruits and vegetables
Processed foods, such as peanut butter
Kitchen cross cutting boards and equipment not
properly sanitized
Body surface of chickens and reptiles
Pets, infants and the elderly are also common carriers

Salmonella enteritidis ~ is fecal-oral, meaning the fecal
contamination goes from hand to mouth. It's the most
common form of salmonella in the food supply and the most
common foods contaminated with salmonella enteritidis
include:

alfalfa sprouts (store bought)
chicken and eggs
ground beef
pine nuts and pistachios

Salmontella Typhimurium ~ most often found in:

canteloupes
chicken
ground beef
peanut butter

Salmonella Newport ~ most often found in:

alfalfa sprouts (store bought)
canteloupe
Live poultry ~ If you have chickens, you should not
clean their water or feed bowls in your own kitchen.
Turkey

Salmonella Javiana ~ most often found in:

chicken
lettuce
mozzarella cheese
tomatoes
exposure to amphibians

Salmonella Heidelberg ~ most often found in:

chicken and eggs

Typhoidal Salmonella ~ responsible for typhoid fever.

What preppers need to know about Salmonella:

Symptoms typically start from around three hours to
three days after exposure (3-72 hours). The illness
begins its course within a few hours after eating
contaminated foods or coming into contact with animals who
have the bacteria living on their body; though in some
instances it will strike in up to three days, and illness can
last up to seven days. The symptoms of salmonella don't
appear until after the bacteria proliferates inside your body,
so it's a while before they cause damage or symptoms, so
you don't get sick immediately. Also some people are more
vulnerable to infections than others.

Symptoms include:

abdominal cramps
diarrhea, which may contain blood, or may lead to
dehydration
fever, accompanied by chills, headache and muscle pain
nausea and vomiting

Most vulnerable include:

young children, babies under the age of one
elderly
people with immune disorders or deficiences
people with digestive diseases or chronic illnesses

Foods that can help overcome salmonella
Salmonella bacteria have become resistant to antibiotics, which
is why you'll want to improve your gut health now to battle a
future possible case of salmonella!

Chicory root. Chicory root is toxic to strains of salmonella.
Chicory root, most prized as a "coffee weed" as it was a
replacement beverage that's caffeine free. As a prebiotic,
chicory root cleanses the blood, purifies the liver and offers
digestive support by increasing the flow of bile.

B.R.A.T. Diet. Bananas, rice and potatoes offer a bland and
gentle diet to help with recovery.

More ways to keep your kitchen clean.
Products to help combat salmonella include the disinfectants
listed below (a disinfectant is a chemical liquid that destroys
bacteria, viruses and fungi).

Lysol Wipes. Lysol Wipes Kills 99.9% of Viruses & Bacteria
including Salmonella, also, E.Coli, Hepes Simplex Virus.

Essential oil of peppermint. Looking for a natural
disinfectant for use in the kitchen? Science supports the use
of peppermint oil at combatting salmonella. Essential oil of
peppermint* helps as a natural disinfectant and helps aid
against Staph, E. coli, Salmonella; as well as Herpes and
other viruses, Candida, Giardia, and many more undesirable
bugs. Use peppermint oil spray to clean and wash kitchen
worktops, counters and surfaces!

Food poisoning can come from salmonella, campylobacter, E. coli
or other pathogens. The severity of the illness can range from
mild discomfort to death. It doesn't need to be a problem if you
are prepared. Have some tools in place and remember that
knowledge weighs nothing. Keep up your sanitation skills with
kids and make kitchen cleanliness a priority. Nobody has to
suffer.

Below, the Mayo Clinic discusses Salmonella Safety:
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