A Reader Recounts More Stories Of Immigrants Who Don't Believe In Germs

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I used to know a health inspector in Madison, Wisconsin.
She inspected restaurants, outdoor food vendors, swimming pools, etc.
She said that she had a lot of trouble with immigrants who did notunderstand or believe modern principles of sanitation and hygiene. Theyoften told her that she was just oppressing them because she was white andthey were brown. She was often forced to resort to threats: "Okay, you don'tbelieve me when I tell you these are important health rules. Well, do themanyway because otherwise I will shut you down."
Among the practices they saw no value in, and would not follow:.Keep hot foods hot and cold foods cold..Wash hands when returning from bathroom..Wash hands after handling meat and eggs, and before handling foods that areserved raw.
I used to know a field biologist who lived in the Chicago area. He relatedsome of his experiences in rural Central America. For instance, he saw awoman carrying cut up goat meat from the slaughtering pen to the kitchen.She dropped the tray onto ground that was covered with animal feces. Shelaughed and picked up the meat and continued on to the kitchen. She and theother villagers saw nothing risky in eating food that had been contaminatedwith animal feces.