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[staaldak]

I bought an English cucumber "Great for salads" from PnP.   It has a Double your money back guarantee which is great; but then it also carries the caution "Rinse well before use".  I don't see any other vegetables with this instruction. Should I be worried? 

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[pcb]

I reckon you should wash all y'r veg, salad or otherwise. It may be prewashed, but that doesn't guarantee it's clean. All that's needed is a swill and a rub down under running water to get rid of a good portion of the miscellaneous bacteria, insecticides, fertilizers, earth and occasional slugs, greenfly, caterpillars, etc. which don't make it off the produce before it gets boxed and shipped.

[staaldak]

That sounds like good advise pcb! I started to think that there was something that made cucumbers different

[pcb]

I don't think so; I think the 'hazard', although that's quite a strong term, is present with most things that have come out of the ground.
:)