attaching them to the undersides or surfaces of leaves. Because lettuce and other leafy vegetables are grown outdoors, produce can occasionally come into contact with insects and their eggs.
That can make an otherwise ordinary salad look surprisingly unsettling.
How Could They End Up on Lettuce?
Leafy greens are harvested in large quantities, often from open fields. Although produce goes through harvesting, processing, packaging, and inspection, small insects or eggs can occasionally escape detection.
This doesn’t necessarily mean the food was prepared in a dirty environment.
Instead, it can be
