vegetables on display in Seattle's Pike Place Market

Fresh Concerns: Mushrooms come from Canada, peppers from the Netherlands, squash from California. A global harvest supplies Seattle's Pike Place Market. With raw produce responsible for an increasing percentage of food borne disease cases, experts implore consumers to wash all produce, no matter how good it looks.

Photograph by Jim Richardson

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ByJennifer Ackerman
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