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November 21, 2018 11:33 am at 11:33 am #1628286MenoParticipant
So is the oilam eating Bodek?
November 21, 2018 12:12 pm at 12:12 pm #1628301Reb EliezerParticipantIs Bodek excluded from the CDC warning on E. Coli?
November 21, 2018 1:37 pm at 1:37 pm #1628395apushatayidParticipantdo you trust bodeks ecoli testing techniques?
November 21, 2018 1:51 pm at 1:51 pm #1628401MilhouseParticipantThey say they’ve tested their product thoroughly and there’s no infection. If you trust them, then they’re excluded. The CDC are not the Sanhedrin; there’s no mitzvah to obey them. If you know something is safe, why not eat it? For instance if you grew it yourself, so you know it couldn’t be what sickened all those other people, would you seriously not eat it just because “the CDC said”?! Of course not. Ditto for Bodek, provided you trust their lab results.
November 21, 2018 1:52 pm at 1:52 pm #1628415Reb EliezerParticipantIt says חמורי סכנה מאיסורי we have to protect ourselves more from danger of illness than from issur.
November 21, 2018 2:26 pm at 2:26 pm #1628452Reb EliezerParticipantThere is a mitzva to listen to CDC ונשמרתם מאד את נפשותיכם but there is no mitzva to eat romaine lettuce except maybe for Pesach.
November 21, 2018 3:29 pm at 3:29 pm #1628463NotABochurAnymoreParticipantI don’t think theres a mitzva “to listen to the CDC.” The CDC isn’t the end-all-be-all. We need to take the warning seriously, but tbh if any company is willing to come out and risk a lawsuit by saying people should eat their product and NOT worry about the CDC warning, that gives a certain amount of weight to their statement as well.
November 21, 2018 3:29 pm at 3:29 pm #1628483ubiquitinParticipantLaskern
If you grew rommaine in your backyard.
would you avoid it because of this CDC recommendation ?November 21, 2018 4:14 pm at 4:14 pm #1628518MilhouseParticipantThere is no mitzva to obey the CDC. Venishmartem does not require us to listen to any government or professional entity. The CDC are a source of information, nothing more. We listen to what they have to say and then form our own judgment.
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