Fresh Produce Discussion Blog

Created by The Packer's National Editor Tom Karst

Sunday, August 5, 2007

Produce sticker danger

There are two kinds of people in the world. The first kind eat produce labels on their fruit with a devil may care attitude, akin to leaving the seat belt unbuckled on the way to the grocery store. The second group religiously removes them, with a pocket knife or long sword if necessary. While I never would have thought eating a fruit sticker to be a problem (I'm the first kind of person), I wonder how many stories there are like the one below:

Girl's Mysterious Breathing Problems Caused By Swallowed Produce Sticker A 6-year-old girl's mysterious lung infection after two years of unexplained breathing problems was caused by a small swallowed produce sticker off of a piece of fruit, according to doctors. Sarah Dressendorfer said her daughter, Josie, began to have breathing problems after eating some fruit in Texas. The problems continued for years.
When the mucus became excessive, Dressendorfer decided to have a doctor examine the girl's lungs.
"I was so scared that it was something serious, like you know, gosh forbid cancer or a cyst or something we couldn't do anything about," Dressendorfer said.
Doctors later found the foreign object in Josie's lungs causing an infection was a produce sticker.
Josie's body rejected the sticker and was trying to get it out of her body. Doctors were able to remove the sticker and the girl is recovering.
"I didn't even think about what a little sticker could do," Dressendorf said. "But now, I do. We take every sticker off, and we throw it in the trash."

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