Moment police find 10 migrants hiding in Italian refrigerated lettuce lorry in Sussex

Moment police find 10 migrants hiding in Italian refrigerated lettuce lorry in Sussex – as driver is arrested Police were alerted to the Italian-registered lorry on the A24 in Findon Valley Officers found the group of stowaways just before 7pm on Tuesday, April 27  Lorry driver has since been arrested on suspicion of immigration offences  … Read more

Moment police find 10 migrants hiding in Italian refrigerated lettuce lorry in Sussex

Moment police find 10 migrants hiding in Italian refrigerated lettuce lorry in Sussex – as driver is arrested Police were alerted to the Italian-registered lorry on the A24 in Findon Valley Officers found the group of stowaways just before 7pm on Tuesday, April 27  Lorry driver has since been arrested on suspicion of immigration offences  … Read more

DNA analysis on lettuce shows today’s varieties are similar to those grown 6,000 years ago

A new DNA analysis of more than 400 types of lettuce reveals the food’s humble beginnings as a wild plant grown by ancient Egyptians to the common vegetable we know today. Researchers from Wageningen University & Research and the Chinese BGI found modern varieties of lettuce mostly resemble their weed-like predecessors grown only for their … Read more

Eating a cup of leafy green vegetables like lettuce or spinach a day can boost muscle function

Popeye was right! Eating just one cup of leafy green vegetables including spinach and lettuce every day can boost muscle function, study finds Leafy green vegetables are known to contain high levels of nitrates  Scientists examined the diets and lower limb strength of 3,759 participants  Those who ate most nitrates had 11% stronger limbs than … Read more

Food blogger shares hack to keep lettuce ‘fresh and crispy’ for over a month 

How to keep lettuce fresh for a MONTH: Food blogger shares viral hack to ensure leaves stay fresh and crispy by submerging them in water before storing in the fridge Lama, from Florida, shared her ‘hack’ to ensure you never have soggy salad Blogger, who goes by name @TasteGreatFoodie, posted the clever trick online Placed … Read more

E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce grown in Salinas, California OVER after sickening 167

Federal health officials say a three-month outbreak of E. coli linked to romaine lettuce is finally over. In a statement on Wednesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said the contaminated lettuce, which was grown in Salinas, California, is ‘no longer available for sale.’  A total of 167 people were sickened across 27 states … Read more