If you fret about the safety of those easy, packaged salad greens, worry no more, says a University of Georgia food scientist. Studies have shown that they're safe. And these bags are designed to contain low concentrations of oxygen.
Botulism affects the nervous system.
Symptoms include nausea, vomiting, fatigue, dizziness, headache, dryness of skin, mouth and throat, constipation, paralysis and double vision. The bacterium grows in foods and produces a toxin. To assure safety, food scientists in the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences studied the convenient packages before they were ever introduced to the public. The food industry wanted to be sure the packages were safe. And millions have been sold.